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y separately published work icon Poems Ancient and Modern selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 Poems Ancient and Modern
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Notes

  • Dedication: For William Porter and Katherine Porter

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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Scorpion Press , 1964 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Unicorn's Horni"That which may be tamed", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 9)
Septimius Severus at the Vienna Gatei"Eastwards it is all plain with saw ice", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 10)
A Minor Leari"That big piece I've left for the sparrows,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Viennai"This Imperial city", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Sydney Cove, 1788i"The Governor loves to go mapping - round and round", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Madame de Merteuil on `The Loss of an Eye'i"No letters. What's to become of an", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 17)
A Huddle of IQ'si"Bela Bartok is", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 18)
The World of Simon Raveni"Rooks are raging where great elms were felled,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Frankenstein Reporti"Put those amps through these membranous wires. I will", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 20)
Shamesi"That day trying to eat tripe,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
The Sins of the Fathersi"In a street of plane trees and white", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Requiem for Mrs Hammelswangi"Let us lament her now, this lady with", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 25)
Two Merits of Sunshinei"`When you were about seven you were playing", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 26)
The View from Misfortune's Backi"May God who is good make the porridge", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
An Anthropologist's Confessioni"A few miles above here the stifling water", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 29-30)
Homage to Gaetano Donizettii"There was a sugar farmer's son (hyperthyroid)", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 31)
Happening at Sordid Creeki"I chose the blonde from the chemist's, thirty-six,", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 32)
The Great Poet Comes Here in Winteri"Frau Antonia is a cabbage:", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 33)
How to Get a Girl Friendi"Be concealed among the lower bushes", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 34-36)
Story from a Time of Disturbancei"The forest is on fire. The red sun's doing", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 37-38)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Peter Porter Peter Steele , South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism
The Stretch Marks on History Bruce Bennett , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Spirit in Exile : Peter Porter and His Poetry 1991; (p. 92-116)
Interview with Peter Porter Philip Martin (interviewer), 1974 single work interview biography
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 18 no. 1 1974; (p. 9-19)
Untitled Martin Dodsworth , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: Encounter , vol. 24 no. 3 1965; (p. 85-86)

— Review of Poems Ancient and Modern Peter Porter , 1964 selected work poetry
Untitled Evan Jones , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 June 1965; (p. 11)

— Review of Poems Ancient and Modern Peter Porter , 1964 selected work poetry
Untitled Evan Jones , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 June 1965; (p. 11)

— Review of Poems Ancient and Modern Peter Porter , 1964 selected work poetry
Untitled Martin Dodsworth , 1965 single work review
— Appears in: Encounter , vol. 24 no. 3 1965; (p. 85-86)

— Review of Poems Ancient and Modern Peter Porter , 1964 selected work poetry
y separately published work icon Peter Porter Peter Steele , South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism
The Stretch Marks on History Bruce Bennett , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Spirit in Exile : Peter Porter and His Poetry 1991; (p. 92-116)
Interview with Peter Porter Philip Martin (interviewer), 1974 single work interview biography
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 18 no. 1 1974; (p. 9-19)
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