Untitled (Distant Voices)

across the span of hands

electricity

my palms press into yours

love leaps like a tattoo

your name

inked on my fingers

distant voices

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Distant Voices Poetry Competition

In collaboration with Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) 2017, Brisbane City Council, and Gilimbaa, Red Room Poetry ran a poetry competition with the festival theme DISTANT VOICES. This was the winning poem.