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Visions Again
Lie awake, craving the taste of lakewater and the scent of September rhubarb.
#NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 22 : “Shkaakaamikwe (Mother Earth)”
because Mother sees
how they’re looking
at the sky
#NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 14 : “Noodin (This Wind)”
the one that sweeps in, carrying
the last of the winter spirits home
nawayee : a poem
…like my own temple,
withering away
over many a day…
Thanksgiving Eve: A Poem
my blood can’t handle
any more apologies, insistence
on the right to celebrate
genocide…
#OctPoWriMo Day 17
steady we row, we walk,
we stand on sacred shorelines
#OctPoWriMo Day 12
shaken awake
by hands of ancestors
Poem: Nokomis
I can’t blame death
Thinking about Powwows During a Pandemic
It’s springtime in the middle of a pandemic and between the hand washing, concern, disinfecting, and time spent in prayer, I’m thinking about powwows.
Thistle Thoughts 