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    Hope and Substance
    Hope and Substance
    Hope and Substance
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    Hope and Substance

    By Dianne Cikusa

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    Injecting subtle ironies and caustic comments on human attitudes and biases, the author paints from a palette of virtues and vices, depicting consumerism and urban sprawl, self-imprisonment, racial opinion and suburban temper, animal abuse and environmental ethics, human corruption and redemption, ambivalence, power struggles, psychic sojourns, even an encroaching apocalypse...

    Employing a creative use of punctuation along with vibrant and original wordplay, the author manipulates images and symbols to produce an artistic work that is rich in metaphor and multi-layered meaning. In this verbal art space, epic-length poems combine with several shorter sequences to produce an engaging and varied collection of poetry.

    Rather than skimming the surface of life, the author dares us to look deeper at what is there, promoting self-awareness as a desirable attribute. It is through atmospheres of chaos and adversity, folly and grief – that the work delves coarsely, if not abruptly, into aspects of the human condition, a lack of ethics or scruples and the spiritual degradation of society. Much of the poetry is stripped of politeness, exposing raw edges and a harsh confrontation with aspects of the self and with the world - as emotional frailties are examined and human behaviours are dissected or compartmentalised. It is here that characters become lost and found again, reaching quietly and instinctively towards a unique path of self-realisation where the end of one personal journey is also an invitation to begin another.

    This illustrated book is at once figurative and literal. It is both the disguised and the unvarnished game of our human existence as well as a contemporary exploration of our global soul.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTellwell Talent
    Release dateDec 19, 2015
    ISBN9780994325723
    Hope and Substance
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    Dianne Cikusa

    Dianne Cikusa is an Australian writer and poet. She is a Wollongong University graduate, with a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and a Graduate Diploma in Arts (Modern Languages). She also holds a Diploma of Language Studies (French) from the University of Sydney, and has further participated in and directed collaborative works of translation for publication.Dianne’s work has been published in various online journals, zines, magazines and anthologies, including Cordite Poetry Review, Going Down Swinging, Poets Union Anthology, Zine West, Subtle Tea and numerous others. One of her short poems also appeared as digital media in the Melbourne 2010 Overload Poetry Festival. She is the author of 3 books of poetry, one of which won First prize (Gold medal) in the 2020 Global Ebook Awards in Poetry category, as well as Third prize (Bronze medal) for Best Ebook Cover. Dianne has additionally published nine books of wisdom quotes & reflections, including six e-books and three in print format.A selection of writing merchandise is available to purchase exclusively via the Red Bubble platform ~ www.redbubble.com ~

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      Hope and Substance - Dianne Cikusa

      HOPE

      and

      SUBSTANCE

      Dianne Cikusa

      Published by Mignon Press, 2015

      PO Box 922, Katoomba NSW 2780

      Australia

      http://www.mignonpress.com/

      Copyright 2015 © Dianne Cikusa

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