she is there
Lou Smith (University Of Melbourne, Australia)
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near as a mirage is near
present, as a ghost is present
her voice
lilts and sways, laces
between words,
between the phrase and
Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of…
the flutter of moth wings
flitting
between light and shadow
nectar and sky
her voice
resounding there
between words
forgotten
by her Grandchild
reciting
English nursery rhymes
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Lou Smith is a PhD student in Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne. Her poetry has most recently been published in Mascara Poetry and Kunapipi: Journal of Postcolonial Writing and Culture. Her thesis explores concepts of place, memory and the family record.
