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Finding a way to stretch language to fit you and your stray prepositions.
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Poetry Off the Shelf
Four poets on old stories, cultural memory, and minority languages.
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By Luci Tapahonso
Our language reminds us of the legacy that connects us to the past and instills that legacy in this present time.
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By Chris Hoshnic
It isn’t the final product of a poem I’m interested in, but the way poetry can bring community together.
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I sigh for the heavenly country,
Where the heavenly people pass,
And the sea is as quiet as a mirror...
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Diné bizaad is a language of patience and cunning. It is quiet, in the distance, like a coming
storm.
Diné bizaad is a language of patience and cunning. It is quiet, in the distance, like a coming
storm.
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By Nia Francisco
The clearest memory I have of my friend: his body perched like a sparrow atop the tallest
tree.
The clearest memory I have of my friend: his body perched like a sparrow atop the tallest
tree.
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The hoot of being alive. Name it
whatever you
whatever you
like.
The hoot of being alive. Name it
whatever you
whatever you
like.
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By francine j. harris
When we go together, what is the simple form we
make?
When we go together, what is the simple form we
make?
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Esther Belin is a Diné (Navajo) multimedia artist and writer. She is Tł’ógi, born for Tódich’ii’nii.…. Read More
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