The Eintou

The Eintou is an African/African American, septet, syllabic/word count poetic form created in January 2000. African and African diaspora historical, cultural and spiritual philosophies dating as early as the Bronze Age are embedded within the form. Often written using highly allusive, intertextual, and metaphorical language, employing syncopated Blues and Jazz strategies, Eintou symbolism can be multilayered and complex. Though the form can be used to express a myriad of ideas and emotional ranges, the Eintou primarily represents a form of resistance to worldwide racism, religionism, injustice and oppression. May your Eintous be powerful, engaging, and memorable. May your Mwts resist injustice and oppression everywhere. The obligation of the free is liberation the oppressed.