LOVE this pantoum, the connections here are so deft and interwoven it feels like a spiderweb - don't miss this gorgeous piece by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social:
Sage Tyrtle
I've been dipping a toe into the poetry pool. I especially love pantoums. So, you can imagine my excitement when I show up for @sagetyrtle.bsky.social's "Loop and Spiral" class last fall and she says we're going to do pantoums. (TY Sage!)
Me + pantoums = ♥️
Huge thank you to Flash the Court, too.
In “Still Drowning,” Dawn Tasaka Steffler uses the repetitious form of the pantoum to allow the poem’s protagonist to return, again and again, to her grief and regret. Variations of designated line…