Cyme single work   poetry   "the children spill stolen oils on their bodies"
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Cyme
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Author note: cyme (pron. syme) -- a system of flowering, where the first axis produces a single terminal flower, from which secondary and higher ranks of flowers develop, each following the system.
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A poem in five parts, each with five lyrics. Parts I-IV meditate respectively on self in its origins, as daughter, as mother and as lover; Part V concerns renewal.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon LiNQ Literature in North Queensland vol. 21 no. 1 May John Leonard (editor), 1994 Z622808 1994 periodical issue Special poetry edition guest edited by John Leonard. 1994 pg. 1-17
First line of verse: "I would say I remember"
Notes:
This version of the poem follows the structure and theme of the 1994 version published in LinQ but many parts have been changed or replaced.
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