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Wire dancing / Patricia Sykes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sykes, Patricia, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women poets, Australian--20th century.
- Women poets, Australian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- North Melbourne, Vic. : Spinifex, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; food for the road; PAST LIVES; CIRCUS BEASTS; FIRE FRONTS; INDIGENOUS ACTS; FEET ON THE GROUND
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-74219-481-8
- 1-74219-248-3
- OCLC:
- 476233069
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