David Tomas Martinez

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David Tomas Martinez (?-present) is a Latinx poet born and raised in San Diego, California where he also received his BA and MFA at San Diego State University. He is a Pushcart Prize winner, National Endowment for the Arts fellowship recipient, and author of the collections Hustle and Post-Traumatic Hood Disorder. He is a CantoMundo fellow, has served as an editor for Gulf Coast, and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches Creative Writing at Columbia University. Source

Scientifically Speaking

There have

been exciting

 

discoveries 

in the field

 

of me.

Many

 

of which,

I have

 

made

myself. 

Published:

2014

Length:

Shorty

Literary Movements:

Contemporary

Anthology Years:

2020

Themes:

Humor & Satire

Identity

Science & Climate

Literary Devices:

Alliteration

the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words appearing in succession

Enjambment

a line break interrupting the middle of a phrase which continues on to the next line