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Chaos Reigns

Poetry Off the Shelf

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The Power of Language in Hidwana

Hidwana is a poem about a poem that intervenes in the world and changes the course of the world. The power of language was felt to be inherent in Sumerian language, especially as a medium of communication with the gods. Hidwana often uses metaphors drawn from court cases and so on and so forth. She compares her own situation to an open court case.

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