Cheating
In Newport I Watch My Father Lay His Cheak to a Beached Dolphin’s Wet Back by Ocean Vuong
I chose this poet because he was a poet that my poet, Chelsea Dingman, uses as a model and as inspiration for her own poetry. I was drawn in by this poem because of the unique style its written in, it switches back and forth in each line and because there is no stanzas that separate it. The choice of using this design allows the author to flow from one topic to another without breaking or stopping. Another interesting choice the author made is that the title is not a distinct word or phrase, its more part of the poem. He is able to incorporate a lot of different ideas including family and war, but never really switching to the other, he just flows between the two.















