READ TO ME from... Evie Shockley
Today we read "a dark scrawl" by Evie Shockley, and get this, get this, get this there is only ONE VOWEL used in every word of this poem.
One vowel. The letter A.
As a gymnastics move, this is AWESOME, like, she\u2019s flipping, she\u2019s flipping, she\u2019s still flipping!!! SHE IS STILL IN THE AIR FLIPPING.
And then, and then \u2014 what happens to us when that one vowel sound, that open a and ahh and ahr, pellets us, like bullets in image after image of war?
It\u2019s enough to love the artistry, the sheer attitude and talent of having one vowel sound in a poem. But Evie Shockley does more than impress us. Her work has more to do. Lucky, lucky us.