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  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Allen and Unwin , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The World of Simon Raveni"Rooks are raging where great elms were felled,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 48)
Homage to Gaetano Donizettii"There was a sugar farmer's son (hyperthyroid)", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 49)
The Great Poet Comes Here in Winteri"Frau Antonia is a cabbage:", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Encounter in Antiochi"Your God became a man, our grandest men", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 52)
The Last of the Dinosaursi"Chalky, you've gone - the only one to see the last", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 55-56)
My Late T'ang Phasei"Unexpected sun on white icing terraces,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 57)
Fantasia on a Line of Stefan Georgei"I shall die if I do not touch your body.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 58)
A Hoplite's Helmeti"Inside this helmet", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 59-60)
Seahorsesi"When we were children", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 61)
Futurityi"If you could guess at seven", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 62-63)
The History of Musici"Though this is not in Hesiod", Peter Porter , single work poetry humour (p. 64-65)
Provincial Messiahi"To be under thirty", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 66)
At the Tratteria Toscana At the Trat'i"The translator of aphorisms", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
Fair Go for Anglo-Saxons (A Near-Contemporary Gallimaufry), Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 66-70)
Note: 'Festina Lente' and 'Porter's Metamorphoses' not included in sequence in this source.
Sibylline Stutteringsi"After the New Emancipation", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 67-68)
Linesi"She's loyal to the marmalade she bought in Danzig", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 68)
Twenty-Four Linesi"A common cold wins", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 68-69)
The Porter Song Book : Wir Haben Beide Lange Zeit Geschwiegeni"We sit untalkative in a room", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 71)
The Porter Song Book : Story from a Travel Booki"They spent three months in the marshes.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 71-72)
The Porter Song Book : Clairvoyanti"You've narrowed the horizon to a noose", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 72)
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