Duende Sid Fleischman Humor Award (2020) For the rest of his

For the rest of his life

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Duende Sid Fleischman Humor Award (2020) For the rest of hisEvery poem is the story of itself. Pure conflict. Its own undoing. Breeze of dreams, then certain death. from "History" Duende, that dark and elusive force described by Federico Garca Lorca, is the creative and ecstatic power an artist seeks to channel from within. It can lead the artist toward revelation, but it must also, Lorca says, accept and even serenade the possibility of death. Tracy K. Smith's bold second poetry collection explores history