Prescribed Text:
Komninos by the Kupful by Komninos Zervos
Publishing details
Komninos by the Kupful. University of Queensland Press.1994
Brief Synopsis
Komninos Zervos’ poems are a playful combination of social commentary, autobiography and farce. He uses free verse and rhyming pattern to project his views on the Australian society, attitude and beliefs from an ‘outsider’s’ point of view and also as an Australian. The poems: back to Melbourne, hillston welcome, cobar, july 1993, eat, noura from narooma, thomastown talk are all a projection of a slice of life from across the Australian diaspora yet all find a resonance with the readers. For instance, in noura from narooma, the poet strikes a powerful blow to the slumbering sensibilities of the reader and creates an uneasiness of awareness to which is often turned a blind eye in order to retain and project the niceties to the world as is deemed ‘proper’.
An attempt at better understanding Komnino's work is to read about Komnino in The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs.
Teaching Resource:
1. Click to access worksheet.
2. The poet has his own website which is a good learning resource.
Know the poet:
He is a performance poet and a troubador and reputed cyberpoet. Click on the given links to further know Komninos' work-
Komninos by the Kupful by Komninos Zervos
Publishing details
Komninos by the Kupful. University of Queensland Press.1994
Brief Synopsis
Komninos Zervos’ poems are a playful combination of social commentary, autobiography and farce. He uses free verse and rhyming pattern to project his views on the Australian society, attitude and beliefs from an ‘outsider’s’ point of view and also as an Australian. The poems: back to Melbourne, hillston welcome, cobar, july 1993, eat, noura from narooma, thomastown talk are all a projection of a slice of life from across the Australian diaspora yet all find a resonance with the readers. For instance, in noura from narooma, the poet strikes a powerful blow to the slumbering sensibilities of the reader and creates an uneasiness of awareness to which is often turned a blind eye in order to retain and project the niceties to the world as is deemed ‘proper’.
An attempt at better understanding Komnino's work is to read about Komnino in The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs.
Teaching Resource:
1. Click to access worksheet.
2. The poet has his own website which is a good learning resource.
Know the poet:
He is a performance poet and a troubador and reputed cyberpoet. Click on the given links to further know Komninos' work-
- http://splash.abc.net.au/media/-/m/1503806/sah-winnng-into-performance-poetry-
- http://artsreview.com.au/on-the-couch-with-komninos/
- http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/?q=fusion/work/bio
- http://www.aesop.com/au/article/komninos-zervos.html