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253 Summer 2023/4

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Dženana Vucic on the subtle and not-so-subtle Marxist symbolism in Sailor Moon, John Docker, a "non-theatre person" by his own admission on The New Theatre, Sarah Schwartz on prison healthcare as punishment and the killing of Veronica Nelson, a poignant short story on memory and displacement from Nasrin Mahoutchi-Hosaini, Jeanine Leane's prize-winning poem, "Water under the bridge", and more.

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Dominic Symes

Dominic Symes lives quietly in Naarm. He writes poetry, some of which has been published in Australian journals and anthologies, and the best of which appears in his debut collection, I Saw the Best Memes of My Generation (Recent Work Press, 2022).

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Published in Overland Issue 253 Summer 2023/4 · Teaser

Passing time

Dominic Symes

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13 October 202313 October 2023 · Poetry

Post-ecopoetic poem

Dominic Symes

I stan this leaf I’m sweating from my kneesin February each time I fall I vow to pick myself up & create a beautiful bouquet of weeds (poems)for you

Published in Overland Issue 251 Winter 2023 · Teaser

Property is theft

Dominic Symes

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Published in Overland Issue 243 Winter 2021 · Poetry

The coffee coffee drinks

Dominic Symes

‘Fortis ut mors dilectio’ — from the Song of Solomon, as inscribed on a necklace my grandfather gave my grandmother on their engagement.

30 April 202126 May 2021 · Main Posts

Poetry | The rock stars are dying

Dominic Symes

Paul Simon says the Mississippi delta is shining like a National guitar which is an apt simile but if you want my reflections on rock and roll the rock stars are dying