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Quote by Peter Porter
I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian

I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didnt read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene. – Peter Porter

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