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american political poetry in the 21st century - STIBA Malang

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EQUIVOCAL AGENCY 115<br />

Simic’s <strong>poetry</strong>, <strong>the</strong> reader “must be will<strong>in</strong>g to enter a wildly<br />

imag<strong>in</strong>ative world, will<strong>in</strong>g to jump <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> fray surrounded by<br />

strangely human and magnificently cosmic forces that radiate with<strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> expansive vistas of his imag<strong>in</strong>ation” (2–3). The poems of migratory<br />

agency <strong>in</strong> chapter 3 <strong>in</strong>clude subtle elements of <strong>the</strong> strategies outl<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong><br />

chapters 1 and 2, but <strong>the</strong>y have unique poetic agency, figures of voice,<br />

and sensibilities all <strong>the</strong>ir own.

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