ASA 2
22 November 2015
Blog #10
In the poem "Yellow Art," poems are personified and take actions against oppression. They change and become people who stand up for those who have no voice. People are a lot like writing; they have a lot to say, but it doesn't matter if someone does not look at it. These poems take action into their own hands and this is what poetry should do; inspire until something happens. Words are powerful and make people move, but they are considered "bullshit" if they don't. As a poet, I agree that words hold a lot of weight, even though they are just air passing through one's mouth. The imaginary is powerful, whether you realize it or not. Words are what people arm themselves with and they are the forms of emotions that have long been suppressed. Words are beings and I love being in their company. Words seem to hold things together but we they are invisible, not tangible. Poetry to people of color is not seen as a leisure, but a form of expressing what they have been told to keep to themselves. Words are daggers and trauma just waiting to be used.
Questions: What makes poetry connect to people?
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