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  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Collected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Made in Heaveni"From Heals and Harrods come her lovely bridegrooms", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Apophthegms Come to the Partyi"The rain is sick on to the ground outside,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
A Moral Tale Has a Moral Endi"Death is immaculate: we must not write of it,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 24)
South of the Duodenumi"Not everybody wants to live. When they carted away", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 25)
Death in the Pergola Tea-Roomsi"Snakes are hissing behind the misted glass.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
Suicide Unmaskedi"The longest image of a private truth:", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 27)
Away, Musgrave, Awayi"This engineering of the flesh, this once", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 28)
Jack and Jilli"Like brother and sister wish", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
The Smell on the Landingi"Where the decay begins, the sun", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Party Linei"The bottles redly close an unborn sound.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Euphoria Diesi"Your light attracts the moth: the Sibyls move.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
For John Clare from Londoni"The lean October night is only outside", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 33)
A Vicious Vignettei"In the trees around the small summerhouse", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
All, All of a Piece Throughouti"Derived from Babylon, this nymph", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
The Historians Call Up Paini"When his father died still apostate,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 36)
Annotations of Auschwitzi"When the burnt flesh is finally at rest,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 37-38)
Who Gets the Pope's Nose?i"It is so tiring having to look after the works of God.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 39)
The Conservation of Energyi"With scaly soft fire and salted wounds", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 40)
Too Worn to Weari"Dear Lie, between the trusting chair", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 41)
Nature Comes to Stayi"Striped reality for the cat", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 42)
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