Millennial Fables (Oxford Poets) By Peter Porter

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In the countdown to the Third Millennium time and events tend to be scrutinized apprehensively Ordinary human fear of portents and oracles becomes intensified Peter Porter s new collection acknowledges this pressure and protests against it More than ever his poems express contemporary life in its present flux while forecasting a turbulent future The second part of the book entitled Homage to Robert Browning is a series of monologues and character pieces in which individual voices speak to us from a wide range of occasions and places An imaginary notebook kept by Bach s first wife Maria Barbara a poem called Aesop s Dressing Gown Berenson Spots a Lotto these give an idea of Porter s ranging curiosity and knowledge which he displays with great generosity and humour Millennial Fables Oxford Poets site_link site_link site_link