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, May 02, 2010

Contortions of me

Ask me, and I may not answer, for now is not the time.

Tell me, and I will see your lips move, but your whispers will pass through me and disappear like a kiss goodbye.

See me, and you will see what I show,
not the shadows I keep silenced like the night.

Have me, and one moment I will hold on and suspend the simplicity of us together, the next, although not a movement I make, I will slip back to the places that keep me safe, keep me sad.

Take me, please take me away from myself, carry my heaviness like it weren't, like you couldn't see these contortions, like you still wanted me, despite me?

Because I'm me.

Pippi Lotta

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