30/30: Gold Shovel poem #17

source: Why Workers Chose Amazon Over a Union

She had no answer to why

There was no agreement among the workers.

She had spoken fiercely and chose

Her comrades, helping to construct amazon

Defenses against scare tactics, prevailing over

Most obstacles. The vote was not a

Slam dunk, but it enabled a just union.

 

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Here is how I am using Terrance Hayes’s Golden Shovel poem format, as proposed by the Sunday New York Times "At Home" section, for 30 Poems in 30 Days during National Poetry Month.

Take a newspaper headline that attracts you.

Use each word in the line as the end word for each line in your poem.

Keep the end words in order.

Describe the story that the headline is for.

The poem does not have to be about the same subject as the headline that creates the end words.