Marilyn Nelson — The Truceless Wars
Poetry Unbound
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The Poem of the Week Is a Song of Intimidation
This 14 line poem isn't just a magnificent example of a sonnet, but it's also a magnificent examples of using sonnecs in a sonnet. The idea that art is meant to disturb the comfortable, i think, is particularly found in this extraordinary, short punch of a poem. There is an extraordinary bee and precustion in the poem. And asking is a summons of attention to say, pay attention to this. What do you wish to create?
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