QUOTES
ABOUT MYRON'S POETRY
Billy Marshall Stoneking recently wrote of him
on one of his web sites: 'His
work is cheekily irreverent.'
Myron Lysenko's poems tickle the funny bone
& make your tear ducts damp. The Sydney Morning
Herald once described him as 'a happy pessimist.'
'Myron's laid-back humour deals with a wide
range of subjects and always from an unexpected
angle.' Anne Edgeworth, Muse.
'Lysenko's comic poems have a quality of whimsical
naivety which disguises the acute observer.' Annette
Lacey, Muse.
'He is the trams and bus sheds and stone cold
pizzas of our lives. There's a Ukrainian astuteness; a brilliance and
adoration of ordinary ticking things,
like our hearts.' Barry Dickins, The Melbourne Times.
'The poems are alright, but they are more like prose
than poetry...it's about time he washed his socks and
found out that there is more than one technique for performance poetry.'
Derrida Jones, Scarp.
'Lysenko speaks plainly and directly about his everyday
experiences; and
his poetry rises in an entertaining way, when he describes
the absurd in the
commonplace.' R.A. Simpson, The Age.
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BIO
Myron
Lysenko is one of Australia's best known performance poets. He has been
writing, performing, publishing, editing and conducting poetry workshops
since 1980.
He began writing free-form narrative poems
about his experiences of growing up in Australia, including coming to
terms with his Ukrainian name and background.
He has published six books, his latest by Flat Chat Press is a book of haiku (with drawings by Sandra Drummond) titled "a rosebush grabs my sleeve."
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He was a founding editor (with Kevin Brophy) of the lively
independent litmag Going Down Swinging from 1980-1994.
He has been a professional poet
since 1989, when his daughter was born.
He has 444 poems published in litmags, newspapers & anthologies.
He travels the coast from Southern Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, NSW
& Queensland, doing readings & conducting poetry workshops with
adults and
younger people.
Myron has done over 4,000 gigs. Has poems, will travel!
Myron has been concentrating on writing haiku in the last few years and he loves this short form. He goes to cemeteries, parks, botanical gardens, beaches, mountains, and his beloved Merri Creek where he wanders around looking for haiku.
Myron is a co-founding member of RookuTroupe along with Leanne Hills & Matt Hetherington. They were instrumental in getting haiku published on decals in the metropolitan trains of Melbourne during autumn and winter of 2006.
Myron is the Victorian Regional Officer of The Australian Haiku Society.
Myron regularly visits schools, colleges and universities where he gives readings of his poetry and conducts poetry writing workshops. His booking agent is NEXUS ARTS PO BOX 1009 Elsternwick Victoria 3185. Phone: 03.9528.3416
nexusarts@netspace.net.au
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