MAREE DAWES is an West Australian poet, published nationally and internationally. Maree's first collection Women of the Minotaur explored the lives of mistresses in Picasso's life. It was featured on Poetica in May 2009 and dramatized for the PIAF writers festival 2010. Her short story I am so sweet and truthful was adapted into a short film. Maree has collaborated with artists, dancers and embroiderers.