Published in Overland Issue 257 Summer 2024 · Poetry monotone concrete poem Alex Selenitsch m on o t o n e monoton e m o n o t on e uninterrupted repetition of the sa e t e utterance f successive syllables or words wi h ut cha g of y or sam ness of tone style anner c lor etc a si gle unchanging t ne reci ati chanting or singing in such a a person who sings in such a tone First published in Overland 57—1973–4 Alex Selenitsch Alex Selenitsch is a Melbourne-based poet and architect working across many disciplines including literature, graphics, sculpture and architecture, through publication and exhibitions. His most recent comprehensive solo exhibition was The Language Factory at the Melbourne School of Design, the University of Melbourne, in 2021–22; most recent solo exhibition of concrete poems was Emotionals: words & colours at wordXimage.art, Maitland, NSW in 2023. A selection of page-driven concretes was published as LOOK! by Cordite in 2021. More by Alex Selenitsch › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 5 November 2025 · Poetry Force posture agreement Miroslav Sandev The men of Darwin have all taken their rottweilers / out for a walk at the same time. / For our protection. Like Pine Gap: / all those big white eyes that scan / the darkening horizon. / The eyes stay woke, so that we may sleep. / Or so they say. 1 22 August 202522 August 2025 · Poetry starmight K.A Ren Wyld Ending genocide and apartheid is the story. Palestinian liberation is the story. / Aboriginal rights is the story. Truth, justice, treaties and land back is the story. / Global Indigenous peoples’ solidarity and joy is the story. Kinship is the story.