The prompt was a lecture I was to deliver on the topic of power. And subsequently a call for submission (So Fi Zine Issue 12) - an indie publication for sociological fiction, poetry, and visual art.

The created work arose from repeatedly finding the same word - or versions of it - emerge - emergent - emerging - in the lecture’s reading and reference materials.

The work is a short poem / poetic + spoken word piece. A early draft of it formed part of the lecture and a refined and completed text-based version was subsequently published in So Fi Zine’s Issue 11.

It is a statement on power, agency, and true wisdom.

In my work and teaching I use poetry and spoken word to communicate ideas, ideals and theories in a “more approachable, powerful, emotionally poignant and accurate [manner] than traditional prose [allows]” (Faulkner, 2019, xi). I piece together my philosophies and the philosophies of others in innovative and creative ways, maintain high-end academic rigor. It has become a major part of my teaching delivery method. I do what Norman Denzin once wrote, “the poet makes the world visible in new and different ways” (Denzin, 2013, p86). And I can prompt critical and vigorous debate and discussion on any topic by way of this technique.

The work was reviewed and accepted by So Fi Zine’s founder / editor Ashleigh Watson (UNSW) on 17th October 2022 and was published on 10th December 2022.

So Fi Zine is an indie publication for sociological fiction, poetry, and visual art with eleven editions published so far - the 12th (which I also have work accepted) is currently - at the time of writing - being produced and will be published before the end of 2022.

So Fi Zine’s website receives around 4.5K views every 6 months.