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 Villanelle, Michael Luis Medrano harnesses the power of repetition to shed light on Chicano fatherhood.

"Villanelle" by Michael Luis Medrano, from Born in the Cavity of Sunsets (page 4) by Michael Medrano, © 2009

Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe.

Production Gustav Worm-Leth

Outro Yentl Tijssens

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