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October 24, 2016
 

Descent of the Composer

 
Airea D. Matthews
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About This Poem

 

“The pantoum ‘Descent of the Composer’ seeks to interrogate the uncertain emotional landscape of an addict in recovery. The repetitious nature of the form suggests relapse, but the subtle shifts in diction and syntax welcome possibility.”
—Airea D. Matthews

 

Airea D. Matthews is the author of simulacra (Yale University Press, 2017). She writes and lives in Detroit, Michigan.

 

Photo credit: Kahn Santori Davison 

Poetry by Matthews

 

simulacra

(Yale University Press, 2017) 

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Poem-a-Day

 

Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.

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