This powerful abecdarian by Native American poet and activist Natalie Diaz uses this poetic form to illustrate the cruel takeover and imposition of language and religion by colonial abuse and overuse of power. Please read the poem aloud to experience the full effect. Notice how the lines continue, so the reader doesn’t neceassarily “notice” how poem […]
How to Write a Pantoum, Part 2: Examples
These examples of the pantoum show how the form lends itself to telling a story. Many of the pantoums used as examples here, focus on a specific moment of history. What story do you have or want to tell? Is the pantoum a way to express it? Pantoum Beginning and Ending with Thorns by Oliver De […]
Poetic Form: Repetition
Jose Olivarez’s poem (citizen) (illegal) uses the repetition of the words citizen and illegal to create a haunting cadence. Willie Perdomo’s poem “Where I’m From” also uses repetition to expertly evoke feelings of place in those who might recognize their own experience in his lines while also calling out to a listener who does not […]
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