Part 3: The Power of Words
skeletal
jawbone
all nude
unidentified women
bound hand and foot and shot in the head
don't have much meaning, but when the reader peices them together they tell a vivid story of brutally murdered women. In order for the story to make any sort of sense in the readers head they must actually think about it. Lawrynovicz is able to get this exact effect by not including the whole article from the Houston Chronicles, but only the few short words that matter most. In doing so, she creates a thought provoking peice about the murder her poem is based on. The way she explains the Calder Road murders is unconventional, but just as impactful.