poem for haruko by june jordan

  • internal thought process

  • reading of the poem = empathetically reminiscing

    • reading = participating in the creation of the text

  • inherent paradox within a lack of detail

    • didacticism: a philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities

  • free verse style

    • post 19th cent only

      • apart from walt whitman, 1850s

        • non-tradish » gay + post American civil war

        • transcendental

        • rejection of religion

        • shared consciousness