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  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 The Cost of Seriousness
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Sally McInerney

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Americas,:Oxford University Press , 1978 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To Venetia's Shores Have Comei"They say this state is sinking", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
'Talking Shop' Tankai"Looking at six books", Peter Porter , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Old-Fashioned Weddingi"It was for this they were made,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
At Ramsholti"The harvest is in early. Across the paddock,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Picture of Nobodyi"We are always being framed somewhere. A camera, an eye", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Orchid on the Rocki"Two hundred yards from the house", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Charnel House, St Leonard's, Hythei"One of us, the prettiest,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
A Portrait by Giulio Romanoi"Dear long-dead lady,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Poem Waiting to be Translatedi"I have tried to stop drinking", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Scream and Variationsi"When I came into the world I saw", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Three Transportations : Piero di Cosimo on the Shoalhaveni"Through a banksia's cone the fire passes,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Three Transportations : The Boccherini Music Campi"The widower as wooer -", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Evensongi"Coming upon them suddenly,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Looking at a Melozzo da Forlii"And in this instance we think of you, God,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Schumann Sings Schuberti"An old woman,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
A Brahms Intermezzoi"The heart is a minor artist", Peter Porter , single work poetry
L'Incoronazione di Poppeai"To have known personally the demon", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Under New Managementi"After a discipleship of plain days,", Peter Porter , single work poetry
Waiting for Rain in Devoni"Rain here on a tableau of cows", Peter Porter , single work poetry
The Lying Arti"It is all rhetoric rich as wedding cake", Peter Porter , single work poetry
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Works about this Work

Celebration : Peter Porter Angela Bennie , 2010 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Author , August vol. 42 no. 2 2010; (p. 26-29) Peter Porter spent most of his life caught in fork, Clive James wrote shortly after his mate’s death this year. He was punished in Australia for trying to please the Poms, and punished in the UK for being an Aussie expatriate with a frame of reference above his station. But Porter’s poetry finally won him acceptance in both camps.
y separately published work icon Peter Porter Peter Steele , South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism
The Easiest Room in Hell Bruce Bennett , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Spirit in Exile : Peter Porter and His Poetry 1991; (p. 149-176)
The Expatriate Vision of Peter Porter Bruce Bennett , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Poetry of the Pacific Region 1984; (p. 103-108) European Relations : Essays for Helen Watson-Williams 1985; (p. 103-114)
[Review] The Cost of Seriousness H. Lomas , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: London Magazine , n.s 20 no.8-9 1980; (p. 126-130)
— Review of The Cost of Seriousness Peter Porter , 1978 selected work poetry
Too Many?: A Review of Recent Australian Poetry S. E. Lee , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 39 no. 4 1979; (p. 432-461)
— Review of Hails and Farewells : And Other Poems Nancy Keesing , 1977 selected work poetry ; Fourth Quarter Judith Wright , 1976 selected work poetry ; The Cost of Seriousness Peter Porter , 1978 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Rodney Hall , 1975 selected work poetry ; Black Bagatelles Rodney Hall , 1978 sequence poetry ; A Body of Words Geoffrey Dutton , 1977 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Geoffrey Lehmann , 1976 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems 1934-1974 Ian Mudie , 1976 selected work poetry ; Ethnic Radio : Poems Les Murray , 1977 selected work poetry ; Words with a Black Orpington David Campbell , 1978 selected work poetry ; Product : Later Verses Robert D. FitzGerald , 1977 selected work poetry ; Thrusting into Darkness Robert Clark , 1978 selected work poetry ; Selected Verse of Paul Grano (1894-1975) Paul L. Grano , 1976 selected work poetry ; Selected Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1978 selected work poetry ; Collected Verse J. S. Manifold , 1978 selected work poetry ; The Secret Greenness and Other Poems R. H. Morrison , 1978 selected work poetry
Untitled Bruce Beaver , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 December 1978; (p. 27)
— Review of Selected Poems Thomas Shapcott , 1978 selected work poetry ; The Cost of Seriousness Peter Porter , 1978 selected work poetry ; Sometimes Gladness : Collected Poems 1954-1978 Bruce Dawe , 1978 selected work poetry
This Gift of Despair Pamela Law , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , August vol. 22 no. 8 1978; (p. 76-77)
— Review of The Cost of Seriousness Peter Porter , 1978 selected work poetry
Untitled 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Helix , no. 2 1978; (p. 55-56)
— Review of The Cost of Seriousness Peter Porter , 1978 selected work poetry
Untitled F. Adcock , 1978 single work review
— Appears in: Encounter , August vol. 51 no. 2 1978; (p. 88-89)
— Review of The Cost of Seriousness Peter Porter , 1978 selected work poetry
Celebration : Peter Porter Angela Bennie , 2010 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Author , August vol. 42 no. 2 2010; (p. 26-29) Peter Porter spent most of his life caught in fork, Clive James wrote shortly after his mate’s death this year. He was punished in Australia for trying to please the Poms, and punished in the UK for being an Aussie expatriate with a frame of reference above his station. But Porter’s poetry finally won him acceptance in both camps.
y separately published work icon Peter Porter Peter Steele , South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1992 Z90225 1992 single work criticism
The Expatriate Vision of Peter Porter Bruce Bennett , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Poetry of the Pacific Region 1984; (p. 103-108) European Relations : Essays for Helen Watson-Williams 1985; (p. 103-114)
The Easiest Room in Hell Bruce Bennett , 1991 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Spirit in Exile : Peter Porter and His Poetry 1991; (p. 149-176)
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