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Dominic Symes Dominic Symes i(10910129 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Masculinities i "when he hugs his opponent", Dominic Symes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Saltbush Review , no. 1 2021;
1 The Coffee Coffee Drinks i "love is as strong as death", Dominic Symes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 243 2021; (p. 62-63)
1 Late Night Thoughts i "you’re sitting on a train", Dominic Symes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , September no. 10 2021;
1 Intimacy i "sometimes you get it reading Rilke", Dominic Symes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meniscus , June vol. 9 no. 1 2021; (p. 32)
1 Poetry & Barthes’ Camera Lucida : Going ‘Live’ with Steve Brock Dominic Symes , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 25 no. 1 2021;
— Review of Live at Mr. Jakes Stephen Brock , 2020 selected work poetry
1 You Can Live on Things like This Dominic Symes , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , April vol. 25 no. 1 2021;
— Review of Nothing to Declare Mags Webster , 2020 selected work poetry ; Dead Bolt Ella Jeffery , 2020 selected work poetry
1 The Rock Stars Are Dying i "Paul Simon says", Dominic Symes , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , April 2021;
1 Love in a Warm Climate i "I’ve exhausted every natural resource", Dominic Symes , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 60 2020;
1 Black Mirror (aversion) i "black mirror", Dominic Symes , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 60 2020;
1 Hymn to Possibility (Twombly) i "on the balcony", Dominic Symes , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 60 2020;
1 Hymn to Possibility (Shelley) i "on the balcony", Dominic Symes , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 60 2020;
1 Arriving in Gaeta i "shifting landscape blurs days", Dominic Symes , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 60 2020;
1 Sites and Citations Dominic Symes , Bishnupada Ray , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 60 2020; 'This collection of poems is a gesture of cross-cultural response that seeks to explore the relationship between place and displacement in the work of two poets, Bishnupada Ray from North Bengal, India and Dominic Symes from Adelaide, Australia. Ray’s poetry examines topography as the evidence of scarring, a demonstration of the pain of displacement. Pilgrimage is a strong link between the work of Ray and Symes, with both poets documenting their experience of travel to sites of cultural significance. Symes’ poetry shows the possibility for sites to represent a literary inheritance, tracing how poetry is able to be written into and respond to the surface of painting through ekphrasis. Irony is an important tool for both poets in approaching the spectre of colonialism and its ongoing legacy. Ray’s poetry examines the full force and significance of geography as an insight into the nature of human domination and oppression, an insight that uncovers the politics of difference in the conventional binaries like mind and body, the spiritual and the physical, and this notion of contrast (a concept held up in the light of its opposite) returns in Symes’ poetry through the image of a ‘Black Mirror’. The dark truths uncovered in these poems speak to the urgency experienced by the citizens of two countries dealing ineffectively with the climate crisis, to suggest that the suffering inflicted upon the earth is felt equally by the people who inhabit it.' (Publication abstract)
1 Slam Poetry : You Say You Want a Revolution? Dominic Symes , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 24 no. 2 2020;
— Review of Slam Your Poetry : Write a Revolution Miles Merrill , Narcisa Nozica , 2020 multi chapter work criticism ‘The Emerging Older Poets mentorship is designed to address the lack of opportunities in the 55+ age bracket,’ reports the Queensland Poetry Festival’s website. ‘So many great writers come to their craft later in life and create wonderfully rich and meaningful work as a result.’ In 2017 the Australian Poetry Slam was won by Solli Raphael, who was twelve at the time he delivered his poem ‘Australian Air’ to a packed Sydney Opera House. Both examples demonstrate the changing face of poetry in Australia. They highlight how the poetry mainstream, fed by universities and the well-worn tributaries of established publication methods (magazines, journals and small presses), is being burst open by a flood of writers, young and old, who are writing from the margins. For those currently working in academia, it is vital to consider how the prevailing norms of who makes poetry and how poetry can be disseminated are being challenged by this new cohort of writers, many of whom are debuting their work at open mics and slams.' (Introduction)
1 Greta Thunberg Ode i "children the size of adults", Dominic Symes , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 95 2020;
1 y separately published work icon Now Now and Other Poems Dominic Symes , Magill : Garron Publishing , 2018 15510906 2018 selected work poetry
1 T.E.O.T.W.A.W.K.I or The End Of The World As We Know It i "america", Dominic Symes , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , December vol. 11 no. 1 2018;
1 Above Us the Great Grave Sky i "above us the great grave sky", Dominic Symes , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2018; (p. 12-17)
1 Ode to TOM ROBERTS Dominic Symes , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Swamp : Breathe , vol. 22 no. 2018;
1 An Arsonist’s Guide to Conceptual Art Dominic Symes , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Swamp : Breathe , vol. 22 no. 2018;
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