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

Unnerving case of Deja Voodo

We blazed here centuries ago
Splayed before your iron hearth
Trinkets and a graveyard stare
Lustre on your pebbled path
I recall us centuries ago
Come winter's chilling white lace hoodoo
Kisses that the night wind sent
Unnerving case of Deja Voodoo

Tottenham Court was cobblestone
Eternal skin translucent white
A stunner down in Leicester Square
With hair that fell like the world's final night

And in those ghastly gaslight alleys
Our visions mingled wild and deep
Flaying under ravaged stars
Then blissful in our endless sleep

The tempest howled and wrought it's carnage
Locked in tight we pledged forever
Storms would lash but still we'd die
A million little deaths together

Those fingertips and crimson lips
Wrought ecstasy, blood lust and valor
My dying gaze beheld your face
In all it's glorious deathly pallor

Yes, I recall us centuries ago
Come winter's chilling white lace hoodoo
Kisses that the night wind sent
Unnerving case of Deja Voodoo

Roger

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