New Poetry by Michele Seminara

Graffiti 

Degrade degrade degrade yourself 
take care to curl up small. 
Have I grown 
compact enough? 
Unfurl me at your peril. 

In the lengthening autumn 
of my shadow skirl reams of discontent—
Am I sitting meekly?
No? Forbid me speak!

Deface deface deface yourself
until you disappear. 
Leave no glyphs to sign this space 
(she wasn't even here).


- Michele Seminara 2016

Michele Seminara is a Sydney poet and the editor of online arts magazine Verity La. She is performing alongside poet Anne Walsh for Rhizomic poetry at Mr Falcon's in Glebe on the 25th of May.