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Selina Tusitala Marsh was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1971 and is of Samoan, Tuvalu, German and English descent. Her doctoral research at the University of Auckland explores the works of the first Pacific Islands women to have their poetry published in English. She won a Fulbright Scholarship in conjunction with an East–West Center Award to further her research at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, for 18 months. Her poetry has appeared in Mana and Wasafiri.

 
protest

the text (kissed)
           the text (kissed)
                      the text (kissed)
                                 the text (kissed)
the test
           the test
                      the test
                                 the test
the text (kissed)
           the text (kissed)
                      the text (kissed)
                                 the text (kissed)
                                            of her protest
suckles
           nestles
                      suckles
                                 nestles
the text of her protest
the test of her protest
the sex of her protest
suckles
           nestles
                      suckles
                                 nestles
                                                                  the text of her protest suckles at
                                                                             her breast.

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Last updated 04 July, 2004