Abstract
Cicada Chimes is set over a twenty-four-hour period covering several years in time lapse; it moves from a funeral service in Rookwood, to a honeymoon in Paris, to the morning markets in Serres, Greece, and a church service in Surry Hills. The twenty-four-hour time structure is Helen Koukoutsis’ way of exploring the effects of her father’s death and mother’s grief on her Australian-Greek Orthodox identity. Written with understated humour, these poems smile at the tensions between marriage and motherhood, memory and forgetfulness, and life and death.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Port Adelaide, S.A. |
Publisher | Ginninderra Press |
Size | 71 pages |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Australian poetry