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y separately published work icon The Night Parrot sequence   poetry  
  • Author:agent Dorothy Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 The Night Parrot
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Bruce Beaver
  • Epigraph: Description of the night parrot from Complete Book of Australian Birds, Reader's Digest.

Includes

Scenes from a Marriage : V i "Nothing so sweet", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 23-24) The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets 1986; (p. 243-244) The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems 1993; (p. 262-263) Bridgings : Readings in Australian Women's Poetry 1996; (p. 118-119)
Trial Separation : I i "In high summer", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 25) The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets 1986; (p. 245) Bridgings : Readings in Australian Women's Poetry 1996; (p. 119-121)
Chance Meeting i "Myrrlumbing!", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 9)
The Radium Chocolates i "I shiver and cough", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 9-12) The Stars Like Sand : Australian Speculative Poetry 2014; (p. 67-69)
Courtship i "Men take me to restaurants", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 12-14)
Scenes from a Marriage : I i "How fantastic are these", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 14-15) Bridgings : Readings in Australian Women's Poetry 1996; (p. 116-117) Thylazine , no. 2 2000; Love Poems 2010; (p. 17-18) The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter 2013; (p. 71-72)
Scenes from a Marriage : II i "Where do parrots disappear", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 16-17) Love Poems 2010; (p. 19-20)
Scenes from a Marriage : III i "Narrabeen Lake", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 17-19) Thylazine , no. 2 2000; Love Poems 2010; (p. 21-22)
Scenes from a Marriage : IV i "Astonishing", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 19-20)
Adultery i "Let's break the rules tonight", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 21-22)
Trial Separation : II i "The pale blue winter dusk", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 26)
Trial Separation : III i "The skinny house", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 26-28) Love Poems 2010; (p. 99-100)
The 7% Solution i "The night parrot", Dorothy Porter , 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Night Parrot 1984; (p. 28-29)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Night Parrot Dorothy Porter , Wentworth Falls : Black Lightning Press , 1984 Z359102 1984 selected work poetry Wentworth Falls : Black Lightning Press , 1984 pg. 9-29
    • Warners Bay, Warners Bay - Jewells area, Lake Macquarie area, Central Coast, New South Wales,: Picaro Press , 2005 .
      Extent: 27p.
      ISBN: 1920957081
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