And there is always one more story (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Simon Ortiz
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
The Poem
“And there is always one more story” begins with an italicized preface that places the poem within a long line of oral narration. Simon J. Ortiz declares “It must be an old story” since it eventually came to him from his mother, who heard a woman “telling/ about her grandson who was telling the story/ which was told to him by somebody else.” The chain of connection is linked by “All/ these voices,” Ortiz says, establishing the generational process of transmission that provides the material for the poem.
Continuing the personal tone that his...
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