October 5

Note to a Pine Ridge Girl Who Can No Longer Read by Adrian C Louis

That's an intriguing title, but I found myself drifting throughout the poem. Nothing really captured me, anchored me. A few striking moments.

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Why We Took the Coastal Evacuation Route by Eleanor Lerman

Though I like repetition, I found the incantory "we tooks" to be annoying. Still, I liked this poem, especially the strange, opaque ending and the matter-of-fact reportage.