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Ojibwe Prayer + Update

These days when breath is hard, when new pains & new ailments nearly overtake me, I’m finding it easier to pray through it.

Posted byJennifer PatinoOctober 16, 2022Posted inpersonalTags:chronic illness, chronic pain, health, margaret noodin, ojibwe, ojibwemowin, pancreatitis, personal, personal update, prayer, update32 Comments on Ojibwe Prayer + Update

Makwa at the Crossroads

There was medicine just lying around,

Posted byJennifer PatinoSeptember 21, 2022September 21, 2022Posted inpoetryTags:bear, ojibwe, ojibwemowin, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community27 Comments on Makwa at the Crossroads

Visions Again

Lie awake, craving the taste of lakewater and the scent of September rhubarb.

Posted byJennifer PatinoSeptember 14, 2021Posted inpoetry, ProseTags:anishinaabe, anishinaabemowin, haibun, haiku, ojibwe, ojibwemowin, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, Prose, prose poem, writer, writers, writing, writing community13 Comments on Visions Again

#NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 22 : “Shkaakaamikwe (Mother Earth)”

because Mother sees
how they’re looking
at the sky

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 22, 2021April 22, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:amwriting, april, earth, earth day, glopowrimo, napowrimo, napowrimo2021, national poetry month, national poetry writing month, ojibwe, poem, poet, poetic, poetry, poetry community, poets, writer, writers, writing, writing community17 Comments on #NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 22 : “Shkaakaamikwe (Mother Earth)”

#NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 14 : “Noodin (This Wind)”

the one that sweeps in, carrying
the last of the winter spirits home

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 14, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:april, glopowrimo, napowrimo, napowrimo2021, national poetry month, national poetry writing month, ojibwe, ojibwemowin, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, weather, wind, writer, writers, writing, writing community12 Comments on #NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 14 : “Noodin (This Wind)”

nawayee : a poem

…like my own temple,
withering away
over many a day…

Posted byJennifer PatinoJanuary 22, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:anishinaabe, home, january, ojibwe, ojibwemowin, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, writing, writing community

Thanksgiving Eve: A Poem

my blood can’t handle
any more apologies, insistence
on the right to celebrate
genocide…

Posted byJennifer PatinoNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:indigenous, native american, native american heritage month, ojibwe, pandemic, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poets, thanksgiving, writer, writers, writing, writing community2 Comments on Thanksgiving Eve: A Poem

#OctPoWriMo Day 17

steady we row, we walk,
we stand on sacred shorelines

Posted byJennifer PatinoOctober 17, 2020October 17, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:amwriting, anishinaabe, language, october, october poetry writing month, octpowrimo, ojibwe, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poetry writing month, poets, prompt, writing, writing community

#OctPoWriMo Day 12

shaken awake
by hands of ancestors

Posted byJennifer PatinoOctober 12, 2020October 13, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:dreams, indigenous peoples day, native, october, octpowrimo, ojibwe, poem, poet, poetry, poetry community, poetry writing month, poets, writing, writing community15 Comments on #OctPoWriMo Day 12

Poem: Nokomis

I can’t blame death

Posted byJennifer PatinoJuly 14, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:grandmother, grief, nokomis, ojibwe, poem, poetry, poetry community, poets, writing, writing community

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