{"id":46560,"date":"2025-03-20T13:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=46560"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:54:13","slug":"elle-cordova-a-poet-laureate-for-the-new-millennium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=46560","title":{"rendered":"Elle Cordova: A Poet Laureate for the New Millennium?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we are enjoying a poem by Elle Cordova<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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by Elle Cordova

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Where are you going? Where are you going?
Hurry, the portal, the portal is closing, the portal is closing!

Your health, your youth, your moment of glory
The portal is closing!
You'll be all alone!
You'll be utterly hollow!
And no one will every love you.

Now with free shipping.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You can view Elle’s reading here<\/a>….<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Rachelle Cordova<\/strong> (born March 8[1]<\/sup>, 1988) known professionally as Elle Cordova and formerly as Reina del Cid, is an American singer-songwriter and lead of the folk rock band Reina del Cid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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She is also known for her online comedy sketches, rhyming spoken word poetry, and videos celebrating literature, space, technology and nerd culture. She was formerly based in Minneapolis-St. Paul and is now based in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Cordova was born in Fargo, North Dakota, on March 8[1]<\/sup>, 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cordova also appeared to react negatively toward Donald Trump\u2019s victory in the 2024 United States Presidential Election, saying on Threads she was \u201cstill recovering from election-induced vertigo\u201d five days after Trump\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(rt: not Elle, but another nauseous American voter)<\/p>\n<\/div>
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[1]<\/sup> Elle shares a birthday with our youngest senior Elders<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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We asked Elder G<\/strong> to help us visualize Elle’s five days of vertigo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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And a sea shanty with real-time drama!