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'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.)
Notes
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Poems divided into sections: Head of Astarte; The Enchanted Ass; Poems: January - August 2004; Smelling Tigers; Jerusalem; Africa; The Freak Songs; Lucky.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Black Inc.
, 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Egypti"The most powerful presence", single work poetry (p. 3)
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On Reading E. M. Forster's Guide to Alexandriai"Imagine a city",
single work
poetry
(p. 4)
Note: Epigraph: 'The best way of seeing it is to wander aimlessly about.' - E. M. Forster
- Pleasurei"Is it the bite", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Winei"Scorched through the journey of every slow sip", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Head of Astartei"Goddess in the London Antiquities shop window,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Aeneas Remembers Domestic Blissi"We were never married, Dido.", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- The Lovely Night. The Rotting Shipi"The night they brought the aged Argo back to Corinth.", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Walking on Wateri"From one memory", single work poetry (p. 13-14)
- Caesareai"The Mediterranean lifts", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- Blackberriesi"I can't shake", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- The Enchanted Assi"So tender is the Queen of Fairies'", single work poetry (p. 21)
- A Walk in Kensington Gardensi"Solitude is where writers", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Silver Braceleti"We were lost.", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- The Housei"Is this what middle age", single work poetry (p. 25)
- After Bruegeli"Let me join the frilled and flying", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Is It Not the Thing?i"Trying to get a gutless friend", single work poetry (p. 27)
- What a Plunge!i"This morning the street", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Beautifully Bonkersi"Blake's burning Bow", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Bluebottlesi"In living there is always", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
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Thingsi"Wafting",
single work
poetry
(p. 32-33)
Note: Dedication: I.M. Ruth Tedeschi
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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[Review] The Bee Hut
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 17 no. 3 2010; (p. 65-69)
— Review of The Bee Hut 2009 selected work poetry -
The Bee Hut
2009-2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Inscribe , Summer no. 1 2009-2010; (p. 14)
— Review of The Bee Hut 2009 selected work poetry -
[Review] The Bee Hut
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 29)
— Review of The Bee Hut 2009 selected work poetry -
'The Greedy, Bleeding Pen'
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 315 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of The Bee Hut 2009 selected work poetry -
Into That Good Night
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 September 2009; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Bee Hut 2009 selected work poetry
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Off the Shelf
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 August 2009; (p. 7)
— Review of The Bee Hut 2009 selected work poetry ; Warrior Brothers 2008 single work autobiography -
Abuzz with Imagination
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 August 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of The Bee Hut 2009 selected work poetry -
Crisp, Crystallising Depth
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 September 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of The Bee Hut 2009 selected work poetry -
Amid the Passion, a Glimpse of Sorrow
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 September 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of The Bee Hut 2009 selected work poetry -
[Review] The Bee Hut
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Monthly , September no. 49 2009; (p. 78)
— Review of The Bee Hut 2009 selected work poetry
Awards
- 2009 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
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