March 2025

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Article

“Seeds to us they offered”: Diné Poets on the Indigenous Language of Poetry

By Kimberly Blaeser

As Indigenous writers, we are here against all odds.

Poem

From “The Next Sky”

By Sherwin Bitsui

This way of seeing
senses cave,

where darkness, backlit,
hisses sparks over

ash-hued crow
wings peaking

sickle sharp,
from river glyphs

on lightning-cracked
sandstone slabs.

Poem

Niha hastsoí, nihidzanii
‘álastsii’   nihich’į’ dah deidiijaa’
bílák’ee naazhjaa’go
nihich’į’   dah deidiijaa’.

Our elderly men, our elderly women
seeds   to us   they offered
in their palms in pieces they were placed
toward us the pieces they offered.

Niha hastoí   ‘álastsii’   bił   danílih,
t’aa ííyisí   bił danílih.
Bii néí   yee dayoosą́ní,…

March 2025

From this Issue

“Seeds to us they offered”: Diné Poets on the Indigenous Language of Poetry

From “The Next Sky”

‘Álastsii’ Dah Deidiijaa’

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March 2025

From this Issue

poetry-magazine“Seeds to us they offered”: Diné Poets on the Indigenous Language of Poetry

poetry-magazineFrom “The Next Sky”

poetry-magazine‘Álastsii’ Dah Deidiijaa’

Table of Contents

“Seeds to us they offered”: Diné Poets on the Indigenous Language of Poetry

From “The Next Sky”

‘Álastsii’ Dah Deidiijaa’