READ TO ME from... Evie Shockley

<p class="">Today we read <strong>"a dark scrawl" by Evie Shockley</strong>, and get this, get this, get this there is only ONE VOWEL used in every word of this poem.</p> <p class="">One vowel. The letter A.</p> <p class="">As a gymnastics move, this is AWESOME, like, she’s flipping, she’s flipping, she’s still flipping!!! SHE IS STILL IN THE AIR FLIPPING.</p> <p class="">And then, and then — what happens to us when that one vowel sound, that open <em>a</em> and <em>ahh</em> and <em>ahr</em>, pellets us, like bullets <em>in image after image of war?</em></p> <p class="">It’s 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.</p>