This poem utilizes two contemporary poetic forms. The first, an “Unlucky Ladder” by Sean Des Vignes uses the page to visually lead the reader up the poem methodically. The second, a “Duplex” by Jericho Brown, which mutates the ghazal & other bluesy forms, two-steps couplets into undone calls & responses. Together, I attempt to retell a life threatening event with having to relive the violence. Controlling the phrase.
jayy dodd on "(Unlucky Duplex (Slick Mouth) |
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"A Conversation with Nikki Wallschlaeger" "But if you feel pressured to be 'political,' don’t do it. Your politics will find their way in even if you’re not conscious of it. Then there’s an element of surprise that has the potential to be—well, delightful. Or worst-case scenario—mortifying. As I’ve said before, sometimes poetry is a little ahead of the poet." via LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS |
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"The bus ride in the poem seems timeless in the way of an allegory or a parable, partly because travel is a metaphor we all recognize but also because the poem uses a perspective that is intermittently omniscient. The long opening sentence describes the bus from the outside as it travels toward the setting sun with its 'windshield flashing pink'—not as the passengers inside, or the lone traveler waiting some miles away, could have seen it." |
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