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Helen Koukoutsis Helen Koukoutsis i(A139109 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 From the Porch Helen Koukoutsis , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2022;
— Review of Travelling Among the Stars Peter Skrzynecki , 2022 selected work poetry
1 Mother's Sonnet i "Dust and dirt settle on his coffin.", Helen Koukoutsis , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Multilingual Writing Project , 17 October no. 6 2022;
1 In Greek We Call It ‘Καρκινοσ’ / ‘Karkinos’ i "In Welsh it sounds like kind sir—In Welsh it sounds like kind sir—", Helen Koukoutsis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meniscus , vol. 9 no. 2 2021; (p. 85)
1 2 y separately published work icon Cicada Chimes Helen Koukoutsis , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2017 11973382 2017 selected work poetry

'Cicada Chimes is set over a twenty-four-hour period covering several years in time lapse; it moves from a funeral service in Rookwood, to a honeymoon in Paris, to the morning markets in Serres, Greece, and a church service in Surry Hills. The twenty-four-hour time structure is Helen Koukoutsis’ way of exploring the effects of her father’s death and mother’s grief on her Australian-Greek Orthodox identity. Written with understated humour, these poems smile at the tensions between marriage and motherhood, memory and forgetfulness, and life and death.'  (Publication summary)
1 Sophia i "Before martyrdom", Helen Koukoutsis , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , June no. 5 2016;
1 Dad Helen Koukoutsis , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW New Writing Twenty-Seven , no. 27 2016; (p. 66-67)
1 Waiting for the 412 Helen Koukoutsis , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , no. 130 2014; (p. 20-21)
1 Death of the Happy Man Helen Koukoutsis , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , no. 124 2012; (p. 9)
1 Easter Poem Helen Koukoutsis , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , no. 124 2012; (p. 11)
1 Autumn Evening, the Last for the Year Helen Koukoutsis , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , no. 124 2012; (p. 13)
1 November Twilight : 2009 i "Cicada chimes", Helen Koukoutsis , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetrix , May no. 36 2011; (p. 2-3)
1 Teaching Mahmoud Darwish's Memory for Forgetfulness i "They're all anxious about Darwish;", Helen Koukoutsis , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 28 January vol. 21 no. 1 2011;
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