Wire Dancing
| By: | Patricia Sykes |
| Publisher: | Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press) |
| Print ISBN: | 9781875559909 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781742192482 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Circus as drama and risk, as exuberance and irrepressible spirit, is the central metaphor Patricia Sykes uses to open a world where public and private share the same tightrope. The poems speak of women searching for footholds along the spectrums of politics, power, history, culture and relationships. Theirs are performances of celebration and hope as they wire dance through circumcision and incest, madness and suicide, genocide and war. There is passion and resistance, hot comedy and fire in the belly. Falling is the first victory, balance is the ultimate skill.