Ai Ogawa: Poems Glossary

Ai Ogawa: Poems Glossary

Spoken word

A type of artistic performance where poets read their work aloud in front of an audience. Spoken word can encompass rap and music alongside words

Multiracial/Multiethnic

Possessing ancestry from multiple ethnic groups

Yearning

A deep desire for something or someone

Disenfranchised

If someone is disenfranchised it means they do not feel part of the system or feel like they are valued by or have a place in society

Narrator

The person who is telling the story or poem in a literary work

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