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title: "A One Way Ticket"
description: "“A One Way Ticket is inspired by a poem of Kelsey Burritt’s entitled
Drone. Upon first reading, I was struck by the imagery in each phrase and
how each line depended on its predecessor, but was still so starkly
different from it."
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“A One Way Ticket is inspired by a poem of Kelsey Burritt’s entitled
Drone. Upon first reading, I was struck by the imagery in each phrase and
how each line depended on its predecessor, but was still so starkly
different from it.

As my mind started imagining each scene, my eyes were already reading
ahead – the text literally tugging me into the next line. I think this
agile; swerving motion of the text is intentional, and crucial to the
structure and character of the poem. When reading aloud, the breaths
somehow feel natural despite the use of limited punctuation.

Brief pauses at the end of lines last just long enough to sip some air
before the words catapult the reader back into these short, vivid scenes.
There do not appear to be strong cadences in the poem, where one has time
to stop and think about the last several lines … rather, the poem begs you
to keep reading until it simply stops – in an entirely different place
from where it began.” – Drew Worden

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