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Papua New Guinea

Poetry
my inner person’s voice
personal
raw
needing cover ups?
maybe
heals
empowers
liberates
if done correctly
I could share
as Selina says
could become communal empowerment
if successful
I’ve done my part
in communal empowerment
whatever
that entails

–Margaret Austrai-Kailo, ‘Emalus Echoes’, (New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre)