Title
Document Type
Creative Writing
Publication Date
2017
Disciplines
Creative Writing | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Poetry
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
This villanelle describes the feeling of being trapped in a body that does not feel like your own; the repetition of the form embodies the haunting thoughts of mental illness or other paralyzing fear.
Augustana Digital Commons Citation
Mitchell, Anne. "trapped" (2017). Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/vazquezvalarezo/3
Comments
1st Place Winner, 2017