The Sealey Challenge Day 27: the Ruins of Nostalgia by Donna Stonecipher

the Ruins of Nostalgia breaks the rule of repetition. I tell my students "do not repeat the same line or partial line--even, yes, even if you love it." Somehow, each poem endings similarly with "ruins of nostalgia" worked. It felt grounding. Each poem is very much a poem, but also very much a block form. They are prose poems that read vert lyrically despite the heavy imagery and narrative that transpires. Time is played with. What is new now is even nostalgic for something nostalgic for something else. Incredibly interesting.