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Peter Porter Peter Porter i(A15735 works by) (a.k.a. Peter Neville Frederick Porter; P. Porter)
Born: Established: 16 Feb 1929 Brisbane, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 23 Apr 2010 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
Expatriate assertion Departed from Australia: 1951
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1 What's Playing in Eternity Peter Porter , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Poetry 2016;
1 My Father Was a Businessman Peter Porter , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Poetry 2016;
1 2 y separately published work icon Chorale at the Crossing Peter Porter , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2015 9620166 2015 selected work poetry

'When Peter Porter died in 2010 his reputation as one of the greatest Australian poets had long been settled. Chorale at the Crossing gathers together the work Porter completed after the publication of his widely-praised final collection Better than God, and shows a remarkable and capacious mind - apparently furnished with half the contents of Western culture - still working at full tilt, despite the imminence of his own passing. Chorale at the Crossing contains love poems, comic excursions, and meditations on art, death, music and nature, all written with Porter's phenomenal technical facility and immense good humour. Chorale at the Crossing is the last word from one of our wisest and most compassionate poets - and is, quite simply, necessary reading.' (Publication summary)
1 Untitled i "Theology's Hell is spoiled by rhyme -", Peter Porter , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 4-15)
1 Untitled i "Theology's Hell is spoiled by rhyme -", Peter Porter , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 414-415)
1 A Daughter's Life i "The distance", Peter Porter , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2014; (p. 413-414)
1 Ruritanian Residuals Andrew McCulloch , Peter Porter , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 2 September 2014;
1 1 Obituary Self-Service i "He taught himself a fresh morality -", Peter Porter , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: PN Review , May-June vol. 39 no. 5 2013;
1 Passing By i "Above the fountains glass is towering;", Eugene Dubnov , Peter Porter (translator), 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 27)
1 Who Took the Bee’s Greed For a Sign i "Who took the bee’s greed for a sign,", Peter Porter (translator), Eugene Dubnov , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 26) The Best Australian Poems 2013 2013; (p. 206)
1 1 The Hermit Crab i "I have no new shell to retreat to", Peter Porter , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 10 February no. 5680 2012; (p. 24)
1 The Downside i "And the small exemplary lives", Peter Porter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 416)
1 The Violin's Obstinacy i "It needs to return to this one note,", Peter Porter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 413)
1 Birds in the Garden of the Cairo Marriott i "And you, little birds, are waiters but not smiling,", Peter Porter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 409)
1 In Bed with Oblomov i "I know you'd rather sleep alone,", Peter Porter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 404-405)
1 Better Than God i "As He said of the orchestra", Peter Porter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 391)
1 The Rider Haggard Window, St Mary's, Ditchingham i "Time which eats the stories of our lives", Peter Porter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 376)
1 Deuterothanatos i "I have found a poem in your childish hand", Peter Porter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 375)
1 To My Granddaughters Sweeping Spelsbury Church i "It's August and hay-fever weather,", Peter Porter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems 2010; (p. 341-343)
1 9 y separately published work icon The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems Peter Porter , London : Picador , 2010 Z1687048 2010 selected work poetry
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