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Tag Archives: ojibwe

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 community12 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

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.

Posted byJennifer PatinoApril 13, 2020April 13, 2020Posted inpersonal, poetryTags:blog, ojibwe, pandemic, poem, poetry, powwow1 Comment on Thinking about Powwows During a Pandemic
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