Graham Mort - A British Poet's Site

Poets on the InternetIf the truth be known, not all poetry on the internet is a challenge to the reader. On occasions, however, one does come across great poetry and so this post highlights my discovering the British poet, Graham Mort.His latest collection is called Visibility and he has won the Bridport Prize for short fiction in 2007. He is a humanitarian (helping in Africa) and lectures at Lancaster University. View some of his work at these...

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Poem for the Day

Ghosts of Christmas   There are ghosts in this house, a factory turkey, paper stockings, a machine gun, boiled fruit cake, an old Santa without raiment, sculling back a skinful. If you unearthed these boards you'd find presents from a wishlist; a Christmas tree; my son climbing with a star, the wild scent of pine filling every room. And on Christmas morning, the crush of paper underfoot; trucks working the berber from the rug, the throaty...

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DOROTHY PORTER

Resource for DOROTHY PORTER writingsPlenty to read and marvel at from Dorothy Porter athttp://www.austlit.com/a/porter-d/index.h...

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John Kinsella & Tracy Ryan - Poets' sites

John Kinsella & Tracy RyanThree new sites for these two West Australian PoetsMutually Said: http://poetsvegananarchistpacifist.blogspot.com/Tracy Ryan: http://www.geocities.com/tracy_ryanJohn Kinsella: www.johnkinsella.o...

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Dorothy Porter Dies (10th Dec) - Such a Sad Day

ValeDorothy Porter died in Melbourne this morning of 10th December from complications due to cancer. She was 54. A writer at the height of her powers, Dorothy's most recent publication was EL DORADO, her fifth verse novel. It was shortlisted for the Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize (Age Book of the Year Award), the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, the Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction, and Best Fiction in the Ned Kelly Awards and the...

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