A Tanka About So-Called 'News' Poem by Chen-ou Liu

A Tanka About So-Called 'News'

Rating: 4.5


not so-called news
another Chinese jumps
off the roof...
on the nightstand, his dog-eared
'Lament for a Nation'

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the 23th tanka in the sequence about diasporic experiences

Note: Based on the principles of progression and association employed in Japanese court poetry (for more information, see 'To the Lighthouse: Principles of Progression and Association in Tanka Sequences, ' http: //goo.gl/4a1nb) , Politics/Poetics of Re-Homing is first English language tanka sequence about diasporic experiences. In the sequence, I adopt an intersectional approach to exploring a wide range of issues related to immigration, English learning, racialized identity, racism, job seeking, colonization, acculturation, ...etc. You can read the whole sequence, http: //goo.gl/m9R9V
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