<p>Part 2 of 2 on Villanelles, I'll be going stanza by stanza to show how the repetition of Villanelles can be used to create richer emotions. Using a living poet's <em>Villanelle</em>, Michael Luis Medrano harnesses the power of repetition to shed light on Chicano fatherhood.</p><br><p>"<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/161062/villanelle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Villanelle</a>" by Michael Luis Medrano, from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Born-Cavity-Sunsets-Michael-Medrano/dp/1931010668" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Born in the Cavity of Sunsets</a> (page 4) by Michael Medrano, © 2009</p><p>Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe.</p><br><p><br></p><p>Production Gustav Worm-Leth</p><p>Outro Yentl Tijssens</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>