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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Icaros
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'ICAROS returns to the shared roots of plant, animal and human existence. From the evolution of a single ancestor some four billion years ago, the poems entangle plant and human experience, song, ceremony, medicine and healing. The poems grow from Bennett’s childhood in a plant nursery as well as experiences of vegetal ceremonies during her time living in Central and South America where botanical knowledge is revered and plants are known the wisest of teachers. Illuminating the poems are artworks by Jacqueline Cavallaro who layers human and non-human connections. Below the surface of bodies, we’re invited into a realm of molecular questions and mark-making that invites new interpretations of word, image and ways of being. The poems of ICAROS are offered as rituals for remembering nature, what we are made of and in turn what makes us.' 

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Works about this Work

Diversity and Invention : Two New Poetry Collections Sam Ryan , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 459 2023; (p. 43-44)
— Review of Icaros Tamryn Bennett , 2020 selected work poetry ; Moon Wrasse Willo Drummond , 2023 selected work poetry 'Tamryn Bennett’s Icaros and Willo Drummond’s Moon Wrasse both use the natural as their central motif. Nature has of course always been a font of inspiration for poets. These two poets draw from that font in vastly different ways. Bennett’s title refers to a form of South American song that is chanted during rituals of cleansing and healing that involve plants. Drummond’s refers to a hermaphroditic fish, the moon wrasse, which acts as a symbol of transformation.' 

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Jenny Hedley Reviews Icaros by Tamryn Bennett Jenny Hedley , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , no. 29 2023;
— Review of Icaros Tamryn Bennett , 2020 selected work poetry

'The use of medicinal plants or herbs originates from Indigenous knowledge systems which predate colonisation by thousands, or in the case of Aboriginal pharmacopeia, tens of thousands of years. Phytotherapy, a science-based medical practice first described by French physician Henri Leclerc in 1913, uses plant-derived medicines for prevention and treatment of ailments. Today, industrial pharma hacks plants’ intrinsic biotechnologies for maximum profit, producing pills and potions engineered to ease mental and physical maladies. What has been overlooked by the dollars that be (aka extractive capitalism) is the use of traditional plant medicines for diseases of spirit.' (Introduction)
Jenny Hedley Reviews Icaros by Tamryn Bennett Jenny Hedley , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , no. 29 2023;
— Review of Icaros Tamryn Bennett , 2020 selected work poetry

'The use of medicinal plants or herbs originates from Indigenous knowledge systems which predate colonisation by thousands, or in the case of Aboriginal pharmacopeia, tens of thousands of years. Phytotherapy, a science-based medical practice first described by French physician Henri Leclerc in 1913, uses plant-derived medicines for prevention and treatment of ailments. Today, industrial pharma hacks plants’ intrinsic biotechnologies for maximum profit, producing pills and potions engineered to ease mental and physical maladies. What has been overlooked by the dollars that be (aka extractive capitalism) is the use of traditional plant medicines for diseases of spirit.' (Introduction)
Diversity and Invention : Two New Poetry Collections Sam Ryan , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 459 2023; (p. 43-44)
— Review of Icaros Tamryn Bennett , 2020 selected work poetry ; Moon Wrasse Willo Drummond , 2023 selected work poetry 'Tamryn Bennett’s Icaros and Willo Drummond’s Moon Wrasse both use the natural as their central motif. Nature has of course always been a font of inspiration for poets. These two poets draw from that font in vastly different ways. Bennett’s title refers to a form of South American song that is chanted during rituals of cleansing and healing that involve plants. Drummond’s refers to a hermaphroditic fish, the moon wrasse, which acts as a symbol of transformation.' 

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