No Home Like a Raft

<p>what happens to time</p><p>when you’re 1100 metres above Earth</p><p> </p><p>half way across </p><p>the Pacific Ocean</p><p> </p><p>about to cross </p><p>from daylight to dark...</p><p> </p><p><em>No Home Like a Raft</em> explores the nomadic part of the human existence and how imprisoned instincts can find a way to flow again. Landing in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and crescendoing at the Inca Trail in Peru Martin Jon Porter’s first full-length collection of poetry reveals what it’s like to breathe the primordial particles of wanderlust in Latin America.</p><p> </p><p><em>Martin Jon Porter grew up in Ballarat and studied teaching in Adelaide but now lives in Melbourne with his family. His first collection of poetry </em>Traits<em> was a chapbook published in 2016. His poems have been published in Canada USA UK Australia and online.</em></p>