Poetry: "Millennials after the banishment" by Ridwan Fasasi | Frontier Poetry - Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry

Poetry: "Millennials after the banishment" by Ridwan Fasasi | Frontier Poetry - Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry

One particular area of genius in Ridwan Fasasi’s poem “Millenials after the banishment” resides in its details — in particular, line breaks and ends of lines. The ending words receive emphasis and, when read in succession, even have a coherence of their own. However, it’s not only this close level of craft that makes the poem’s content sing. Couplets and repetition with variation, in combination, add to the message’s meaning. Each time a similar…