Tissue Flashcards
1
Q
What is this poem about?
A
A simultaneous critique and celebration of human spirit. Fragile tissue/human skin against rigid structures (social, religious, national) that can cause conflict and the light that breaks through.
2
Q
What poems can you compare it with?
A
The Emigree.
3
Q
Paper thinned….
A
By age or touching.
4
Q
The sun shines through….
A
Their borderlines.
5
Q
A structure….
A
Meant to last.
6
Q
Paper smoothed and stroked….
A
And thinned to be transparent.
7
Q
Turned into….
A
Your skin.
