/mɪθ.ər/ noun Mother and creator of myth.
by Tracey Hope
First Prize Winner of the Cerasus Poetry Chapbook Competition:
Matrifocal. Vatic. Mournful. Myther explores loss of connection with identity and environment. The opening poem, Wordsmyther, is a glossary of neologisms. Earth Myther exemplifies our loss of connection with the Earth; in the left-hand column, humanity disrespects the Earth, and in the right-hand column, Grendel’s mother, an ancient matriarch is mistranslated. In Mermute, humanity, on the left,fails to connect with the voice of the sea, on the right. Form often symbolises a breakdown. The fulcrum, Be Still the Voices, is a cry of grief. Succeeding poems are personal, lamenting loss of identity as a mother and a woman.
Cerasus Poetry 