Cameron Awkward-Rich reads "Cento Between the Ending and the End"

The video features a professor of gender studies reading a poem titled 'Gentle Between the Ending and the End.' The poem is an atento, a form composed of language borrowed from other poets, including friends and Lucille Clifton. It explores themes of life, choice, and creation, using vivid imagery of light, friends, and nature. The poem concludes with a reflection on freedom and unity, encouraging friends to bloom and be wild until they are free.

What is the poetic form 'atento' primarily characterized by?

• Focusing on nature themes

• Writing in a specific meter

• Employing a strict rhyme scheme

• Using language from other poets

In the poem, what choice does the speaker contemplate?

• To seek revenge or forgive

• To repair a world or build a new one

• To write a novel or a poem

• To travel the world or stay home

What imagery is used to describe the place inside the speaker's body?

• A dark forest

• A white door opening to gold light

• A bustling city

• A stormy sea

How are the speaker's friends and loved ones depicted in the poem?

• As shadows in the night

• As constellations gathered at a lakeside

• As distant memories

• As travelers on a journey

What is the final message conveyed by the poem?

• To bloom wildly until freedom is achieved

• To follow strict societal norms

• To seek solitude and peace

• To remain cautious and reserved