Poetry Prompt – April 18

April 18 – create a found poem from the Declaration of Independence be it erasure, blackout, cut up, even a golden shovel, see if you can distill the essence of this document. 

From the Muse Library: My American Kundiman by Patric Rosal. Modeling poems on the kundiman, a song of unrequited love sung by Filipinos for their country in times of oppression, he professes his conflicted feelings for America, while celebrating and lamenting his various heritages—whether by chatting up St. Patrick, riffing on race relations, or channeling Lapu Lapu in a rejoinder to Magellan. Passionate, provocative, and irrepressible throughout, My American Kundiman further establishes Rosal as a poet to be reckoned with.