Intensity of Words

The guest poet, Monica Yoon, selected a poem by Ava Michael Weaver called 'passing through Indian territory' because she found it to be unique and mysterious. Yoon was drawn to the intensity of the words in the poem, likening it to paintings made of paint, where some paintings are more insistently made of paint than others. The poem stood out to Yoon, prompting her to repeatedly read and explore its text.