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  • Author:agent Dorothy Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Travel
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australian Book Review ABR no. 308 February 2009 Z1559810 2009 periodical issue 2009 pg. 35
    Note: A typographical error appears in this version of the poem: 'shimmying-up-the-mask' should read 'shimmying-up-the-mast'. The error is noted in a letter to the editor in the March 2009 issue of Australian Book Review.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Bee Hut Dorothy Porter , Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2009 Z1615366 2009 selected work poetry 'The Bee Hut, [Dorothy Porter's] fifteenth book, brings together the poems she wrote in the last five years of her life. By turns expansive and intimate, effusive and contemplative, these poems roam widely: there are journeys into history and to sacred places both mythic and deeply personal.' (From the publisher's website.) Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2009 pg. 129
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Best Australian Poems 2009 Robert Adamson (editor), Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2009 Z1653957 2009 anthology poetry criticism (taught in 1 units)

    'In The Best Australian Poems 2009, award-winning poet Robert Adamson puts together a selection of the most outstanding poems written by Australian authors over the past year. Alongside renowned names, the editor has solicited contributions from new and emerging poets and some of their work appears in print here for the first time. The result is a vibrant and fascinating edition of this much-loved anthology.' (Publication summary)

         Melbourne : Black Inc. , 2009     pg. 162-163
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter Dorothy Porter , Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2013 6049379 2013 selected work poetry

    'Dorothy Porter was one of Australia’s truly original writers, renowned for her passionate, offbeat poetry and verse novels. The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter draws from her life’s work to present the many facets of Porter the poet, from stretching the fabric of ancient mythology to delving into the beauty of the natural world, or inking an intimate message on your heart. This elegant hardback, a companion volume to The Best 100 Poems of Les Murray, is the perfect gift for Porter fans and newcomers alike. (Publisher's blurb)

         Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2013     pg. 127-128
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