The Western Canoe single work   poetry   "We are all in it together, paddling downstream"
  • Author:agent Peter Porter http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/porter-peter
Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 The Western Canoe
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Eureka Street vol. 6 no. 2 March 1996 Z617646 1996 periodical issue 1996 pg. 41
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Dragons in Their Pleasant Palaces Peter Porter , New York (City) Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1997 Z399723 1997 selected work poetry New York (City) Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1997 pg. 13-14
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Collected Poems : Volume 2 1984-1999 Peter Porter , Melbourne Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1999 Z225285 1999 selected work poetry Melbourne Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1999 pg. 294-295
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Rest on the Flight : Selected Poems Peter Porter , London : Picador , 2010 Z1687048 2010 selected work poetry Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2010 pg. 319-320
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Contemporary Australian Poetry Martin Langford (editor), Judith Beveridge (editor), Judy Johnson (editor), David Musgrave (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2016 10524271 2016 anthology poetry

    'The quality of Australian poetry has never been higher, nor the number of distinctive voices greater. A landmark publication, this collection presents the astonishing achievements of Australian poetry during the last quarter of a century. Over ten years in preparation, gathering over 200 poets and 500 poems, it makes the case for this country's poetry as a broadening of the universal set for all English-speakers. 'Somewhat astonishingly,' the introduction notes, 'and while no-one was looking, Australian poetry has developed a momentum and a critical mass such that it has become one more luminous field in the English-speaking imagination. Increasingly, anyone who seeks to explore the perspectives or music available in English will also have to consider the perspectives and music which have originated here - Australia having turned itself, too, into a place in the mind.' Both survey and critical review, this anthology offers a rare opportunity to explore the major national achievement of contemporary Australian poetry. (Publication summary)'

         Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2016
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