About the competition

In conjunction with the exhibition Love, Loss & Intimacy the NGV invites you to create your own piece of writing exploring notions of love, loss or intimacy, under 500 words. If you're over 18 years of age and a Victorian resident, post your entry on the blog (1 entry per person) for the chance to win a romantic weekend getaway for two at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins and lunch for two at Persimmon.

The judging panel is comprised of three judges: Professor Jennifer Strauss (Editor of the Oxford Anthology of Australian Love Poetry), Penny Modra (Editor of Three Thousand; The Age arts columnist) and Richard Watts (Presenter of SmartArts on TripleR).

Entries accepted until 11 July 2010 and the winner of the competition will be announced and their entry recited on 18 July following on from the 2pm Floor Talk.



Sunday, April 18, 2010

Memory of an unfamiliar self

The same memory. What was once of false lust. Is Gone. A type of connectedness. Is passion.

Secret moments and glances. Matched minds. A peculiar lure to a self I wanted to know.

Entranced with a touch. Shivering intoxication. Out of a mind I knew and engulfed by envy.

Concealing obvious guilt. Drawing closer to demise. Grasping tightly to delusion.

What is incomprehensible. Still you lurk in my dreams. Never forgiven. Remembered.

It was. Now is gone.

Scarlett

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