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  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Millennial Fables
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Oxford, Oxfordshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Melbourne, Victoria,: New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,:Oxford University Press , 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Golden Age of Criticismi"After so many crowded centuries", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 36)
Still it Goes Oni"The numbers are such we cannot", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 37)
Above the Villa Linei"Importance grows sparsely at these heights", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 38)
The Painter of the Presenti"Living in the present is well yes perhaps.", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Unsichtbar Aber Sehnsuchtsvolli"The record of one's wickedness, open before", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 41-42)
The Grand Old Tunes of Liberalismi"They're the ones we never sang, we had it so good", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 43)
Why the Barbarians Kept Us Waitingi"They knew they were some kind of a solution", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 44)
Trinacrian Aetna's Flames Ascend Not Higheri"What sights the world has", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 45)
Intents and Purposesi"We are the sifters of the Language Soup,", Peter Porter , single work poetry humour (p. 46-47)
Goes Without Sayingi"Now why extend myself like this -", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
Hudibrastics in a Hurryi"If only my poetic slot", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 50-54)
Millennial Rococoi"Snow hasn't fallen for three seasons", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 55-56)
Give a Dog a Namei"And soft, two parents come", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 59)
Aesop's Dressing Gowni"The spillings on lapels and cuffs, according", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 60)
Guanoi"'The man I call The Sulky Sperm", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 61)
Clive and Olivei"Clive would close his eyelids lightly over his eyes,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 62-63)
Helping the Police with Their Enquiriesi"Could the verandah have been so wide,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 64-65)
The Worst Inn's Worst Roomi"You face it now with terror, but it seemed", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
From the Maria Barbara Notebooki"...I cannot understand", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 68-70)
[Untitled] (from The Tiverton Book of the Dead)i"At the turning of the colour of the leaves,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 71-72)
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