The Poetic Justice League’s founding members—Chris Green, Jan Bottiglieri, cin salach, and Tony Trigilio—asked groups of poets from across the country to write pantoums about America’s gun insanity. We call them “semi-automatic pantoums” to emphasize how therepetition in the poetic form mirrors the firing of a semi-automatic weapon.

I am so honored to be a part of this collection. I was humbled as I collaborated with prolific poets, Maureen Seaton, Holly Iglesias and Carolina Hospital to complete our Semi-Automatic pantoum, “America’s Rifle.”

Explore the collection: Semi-Automatic Pantoums