By Melissa Petrakis
(for Kamara)
It has taken
a long time
for speech to come.
Speech,
beyond the litany
of the mundanity
of the day.
It has taken
many months
for conversation.
Talking beyond lists:
the time awake, the meals
the bowel movements.
It has taken
untold efforts
to form these words.
These words so precious
so not simple
forming the shape of me
tentatively present.
Melissa
Petrakis is a poet, playwright
and artist based in Melbourne,
Australia. Her poetry has
been published in arena
magazine, Centoria, Dan
Poets, Hobo, Meanjin, Moving
Out Moving On: Poems of
Dislocation, Postgraduate
Review(University of Melbourne),
SideWaLK, tiny epics. Her
first book of poetry ;The
Naked Muse; (Domain Press)
was published in 2001; her
second book ;Attic Dweller;
(also Domain) was published
in 2002. She can be contacted
via melissapetrakis@email.com
, and welcomes general comment
and, of course, book orders.
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