In keeping with poems as hope and resistance world building: today, I am reading Solmaz Sharif's "The Master's House." The title most likely refers to Audre Lorde's famous quote, "The Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house." This poem was published in the April 2018 issue of poetry, and the repetition creates the tense it moves into, an "is was." It is four minutes, but hearing/reading the whole poem is worth it. More on Solmaz Sharif -- (https://solmazsharif.com/) // Reading their own work aloud: (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/146387/the-end-of-exile) // Transcript of the published poem: (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/146216/the-masters-house) ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).
