A Daily Glance
Jean Vengua's Prau explores the personal from migration to navigating the present; thus, a prau, a boat, is an appropriate symbol for the book. On the whole, it's a collection rich in poetic forms, but the one that strikes me the most is the hay(na)ku. There are only four, but Vengua handles them well.
in
the sentence
there is breaking
lost
in space
subject to sentience
subject
to sentience
upon another's whim.
Vengua makes it feel that we're slowly stepping through an idea that clings to us and grows more significant as we keep reading. The repetition of the "s" sounds in this passage, of the words, and the shift from sentence to sentience helps create that feeling.
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