A litany is a form of poetry that repeats and repeats, repeats and circles. I’ve been trying to make friends with it lately, both through reading and writing. Here’s a little annotation essay of mine on some of Joy Harjo’s litanies:
Posts Tagged ‘litany’
litany, litany, litany
Posted in annotation, tagged annotation, I give you back, Joy Harjo, litany, poetry, remember, she had some horses, writing on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
a litany. just so you know where I’m coming from.
Posted in my poetry, tagged activism, beliefs, litany, my poetry, poem, poetry, politics, silence on July 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
sometimes I feel that I have no right to speak, having never been silenced
I have never been beaten with a shaft of metal.
I have never been raped.
I have never had my skin torn open with an explosion of rusted nails.
I have never been splattered by another person’s blood.
I have never pumped my blood into another’s [...]
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