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  • Author:agent Dorothy Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-dorothy
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Bee Hut
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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

  • 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", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 3)
On Reading E. M. Forster's Guide to Alexandriai"Imagine a city", Dorothy Porter , 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", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 6)
Winei"Scorched through the journey of every slow sip", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 7)
Head of Astartei"Goddess in the London Antiquities shop window,", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 8)
Aeneas Remembers Domestic Blissi"We were never married, Dido.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
The Lovely Night. The Rotting Shipi"The night they brought the aged Argo back to Corinth.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
Walking on Wateri"From one memory", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 13-14)
Caesareai"The Mediterranean lifts", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Blackberriesi"I can't shake", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The Enchanted Assi"So tender is the Queen of Fairies'", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 21)
A Walk in Kensington Gardensi"Solitude is where writers", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Silver Braceleti"We were lost.", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
The Housei"Is this what middle age", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 25)
After Bruegeli"Let me join the frilled and flying", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 26)
Is It Not the Thing?i"Trying to get a gutless friend", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 27)
What a Plunge!i"This morning the street", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 28)
Beautifully Bonkersi"Blake's burning Bow", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 29)
Bluebottlesi"In living there is always", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Thingsi"Wafting", Dorothy Porter , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Note: Dedication: I.M. Ruth Tedeschi
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2009 .
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      Extent: viiip., 146p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Foreword by Andrea Goldsmith.
      • Includes index.
      ISBN: 9781863954464
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Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.
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Works about this Work

[Review] The Bee Hut John Sheppard , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 17 no. 3 2010; (p. 65-69)
— Review of The Bee Hut Dorothy Porter , 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 Dorothy Porter , 2009 selected work poetry
[Review] The Bee Hut Sooz Lomas , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 29)
— Review of The Bee Hut Dorothy Porter , 2009 selected work poetry
'The Greedy, Bleeding Pen' Gig Ryan , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 315 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of The Bee Hut Dorothy Porter , 2009 selected work poetry
Into That Good Night Geoffrey Lehmann , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 September 2009; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Bee Hut Dorothy Porter , 2009 selected work poetry
Off the Shelf Rod Moran , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 August 2009; (p. 7)
— Review of The Bee Hut Dorothy Porter , 2009 selected work poetry ; Warrior Brothers Keith Fennell , 2008 single work autobiography
Abuzz with Imagination Dorothy Porter , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 29 August 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of The Bee Hut Dorothy Porter , 2009 selected work poetry
Crisp, Crystallising Depth Peter Pierce , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 September 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of The Bee Hut Dorothy Porter , 2009 selected work poetry
Amid the Passion, a Glimpse of Sorrow Angela Bennie , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 September 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of The Bee Hut Dorothy Porter , 2009 selected work poetry
[Review] The Bee Hut Lisa Gorton , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , September no. 49 2009; (p. 78)
— Review of The Bee Hut Dorothy Porter , 2009 selected work poetry
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Awards

2009 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
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