They were trying to catch my eye as I hurried past an old tree, the abandoned pencil factory, and what was rumored to be a statue of Dr. Mengele. I’ve always marveled at how effective and disgusting the killing angels are. One even grabbed my arm. Time stopped being money and started being war-torn countries. “I’m the person you’re looking for,” he said, his voice oddly apologetic. I’m not really into cosmic things, but it’s like you don’t have a choice. That’s the whole situation upstairs. The King of Angels threw kisses to the audience from the stage, the audience clapping insanely.
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In Opposition of Poetic Tradition: A Poet’s Guide to Transcending Eurocentricity
Bianca Alyssa Pérez shows us in this essay how poets Laurie Ann Guerrero, Audre Lorde, and Gris Muñoz use free verse, personal experience, and linguistic subversion to challenge and transcend Eurocentric poetic traditions.
