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SPIRI TSINTZIRAS
Spiri Tsintziras is the author of memoirs My Ikaria and Afternoons in Ithaka. She is the co-author of the award-winning title Parlour Games for Modern Families, which has been published internationally. Her life writing and short non-fiction have been published in anthologies, newspapers and magazines. She teaches professional writing at Swinburne University and blogs about food, family and connection at www.tribaltomato.com.
Logos
Self within self
encased by membrane
fluid, flashing synapses
sparking ideas,
spirit,
words
Συνεργια. Πραξις.
Hands, brain,
white unlined paper
working together
defying logic
Λογος
Logic. Order.
Speech. Cause. Reason.
Consideration.
So much meaning
encased within its compact form
Meaning
welling up from a
fluid place,
takes form,
fluttering and landing on the page
Nero
Water,
wild and dirty
pushes through hard earth,
roots, worms and flesh
The words
inherited from those before me
bodies no longer here
squeeze past
Pulsing with blood
enveloped by warm flesh,
they break through
the membrane
despite myself
All I need do is capture them
before they disappear
into the afternoon light
Self within self
encased by membrane
fluid, flashing synapses
sparking ideas,
spirit,
words
Συνεργια. Πραξις.
Hands, brain,
white unlined paper
working together
defying logic
Λογος
Logic. Order.
Speech. Cause. Reason.
Consideration.
So much meaning
encased within its compact form
Meaning
welling up from a
fluid place,
takes form,
fluttering and landing on the page
Nero
Water,
wild and dirty
pushes through hard earth,
roots, worms and flesh
The words
inherited from those before me
bodies no longer here
squeeze past
Pulsing with blood
enveloped by warm flesh,
they break through
the membrane
despite myself
All I need do is capture them
before they disappear
into the afternoon light