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Paperback. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 124.
Circus as drama and risk, as exuberance and irrepressible spirit, is the central metaphor Patricia Sykes uses to open a world where public and private share the same tightrope. The poems speak of women searching for footholds along the spectrums of politics, power, history, culture and relationships.Theirs are performances of celebration and hope as they wire dance through circumcision and incest, madness and suicide, genocide and war. There is passion and resistance, hot comedy and fire in the belly. Falling is the first victory, balance is the ultimate skill.
Circus as drama and risk, as exuberance and irrepressible spirit, is the central metaphor Patricia Sykes uses to open a world where public and private share the same tightrope. The poems speak of women searching for footholds along the spectrums of politics, power, history, culture and relationships.Theirs are performances of celebration and hope as they wire dance through circumcision and incest, madness and suicide, genocide and war. There is passion and resistance, hot comedy and fire in the belly. Falling is the first victory, balance is the ultimate skill.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
Number of Pages
151
Place of Publication
, Australia
ISBN
9781875559909
SKU
V9781875559909
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-33
About Patricia Sykes
Patricia Sykes is a prize-winning poet and the author of the acclaimed collection, Wire Dancing (1999). In 1996 "river salvages" won the John Shaw Neilson Poetry Award and "death, passion-fruit and roses" was a finalist in the 1995 AUNTECH Poetry Prize. Two of the poems in Modewarre have been awarded prizes. "Modewarre -- ways you might approach it" was Highly ... Read more
Reviews for Wire Dancing
"What could well be the poetry experience of the year."
Bev Roberts
Bev Roberts