Bread for the Heart

Essay poems are essays (opinions) regarding a certain issue that are conveyed within the form of a poem. Drama, plot, and character development are all rendered in a poetic style so that the opinion is presented in a manner that touches the reader’s heart.

Footnotes play a central role in essay poems because they present data, citations for ideas, and references that make the fiction in the poem and the facts of real life bond and reinforce each other.