This painful pantoum illustrates the form’s ability to convey a story. Natalie Diaz’s abecedarian also appears on this site: Natalia Diaz, Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Reservation. Her pantoum,”My Brother at 3 am” is here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56355/my-brother-at-3-am
David Whyte, “Everything is Waiting for You”
This poem by David Whyte considers the act of writing as a means for cultivating presence and awareness of our surroundings. Cultivating our awareness also has the potential to make us feel less lonely. Here is the link to the poem: Everything is Waiting for You
Oliver De La Paz, Pantoum Beginning and Ending with Thorns
This powerful pantoum explores the cycles of fear and violence repeated over and over at border crossings. Like K McClendon’s pantoum, the pantoum form creates a haunting cadence and uses repetition to add a visceral experience for the reader. This pantoum also brings together two art forms as it is dedicated to Reena Saini Kallat’s […]
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