'The Land And Abe Nouks Love Looks Like'

Slam poets use their poetry to explore significant issues going on around the world, allowing powerful messages to be delivered to people. 2 acknowledged slam poets Abe Nouk and Hugo Farrant both explore very recognised topics. Abe Nouks's slam poem ‘Love Looks Like’ is a captivating slam poem about his own experience as a war-scarred child who was an immigrant from Sudan. Hugo Farrant’s slam poem ‘The Land’ speaks about the colonisation of Australia and the suffering the first fleet went through. Abe Nouk’s slam poem ‘Love Looks Like’ explores the effects war can have on growing adolescents. Trying to spread awareness about the need to spread love rather than hate. For example, Nouk repeats ‘I know what hatred looks like’, this suggests

He is trying to spread the message that we influence how we affect the world, emphasising that people are an important part of nature. The poem focuses attention on the different ways immigrants have come to Australia, from the first fleet of ships and canoes to more recent refugees looking for a place to live. The poem discusses the significance of maintaining the bond between people and the land and the need to keep in mind ancestors, such as the first fleet or the aboriginals. Farrant reminds the audience to keep in mind that they are the land and that we can achieve a better future by caring for the land. Farrant uses lines such as ‘you are the forest, the plains of sand.’ ‘You are the ochre silhouette of a hand’ constantly emphasises to readers that we are connected to our land, to our ancestors and to our future. Farrant uses metaphors to push the idea of we are bound to our land onto the reader. The poem ends with the notion that each person must continue to write their chapter and walk the land in order to complete the unfinished story of the land. This implies we still have a far future to create and evolve in. however Farrant has used ‘it’s your hand, your foot, leaving a mark in the sand’. This line suggests how we decide to treat the land, and each other can determine how well our world will evolve. Farrant has used direct address by repeating ‘‘your’ to make it clear to the reader that our actions have consequences. ‘Leaving a mark in the sand’, symbolizes the way we can impact how the world evolves for the better. Overall, Farrant is trying to spread the message that we are the people who impact the world the most, and our decisions can affect the way it