Poem
By Nia Francisco
Niha hastsoí, nihidzanii
‘álastsii’ nihich’į’ dah deidiijaa’
bílák’ee naazhjaa’go
nihich’į’ dah deidiijaa…
‘álastsii’ nihich’į’ dah deidiijaa’
bílák’ee naazhjaa’go
nihich’į’ dah deidiijaa…
Theme
Lineages & Legacies
Poems, essays, and events that engage with works or people in conversation with the poet. This includes poems about family, poems “after” other poets, works that pull lines from other sources, and land acknowledgments.
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- PoemBy Zoey YazzieI come from ablazea female mountain boulders scorchedcradled—in—betweenbeat—strainedbeet—stained…
- PoemBy Hershman JohnWill Power. It is the deepest purple like huckleberries gnashed between bear teeth. The bears have been…
- PoemBy Danielle ManygoatsBrown, I want you Brown,
Brown roots, Brown trees.
Family lineage ripens into clans
And sheep graze … - PoemBy Cynthia J. SylvesterThe way my mom restuccoed the house the color of the rosy pink mesas where she was born. The way she…
- PoemBy Kinsale DrakeIn the years of scorched earth,
Kit Carson’s pale-knife face
bayonetting the sky, his blood thirst,
… - Events-VirtualA discussion of The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket by Kinsale Drake.
- Events-VirtualA generative poetry workshop, “Waking Up in the Body,” created and led by Latif Askia Ba
- Events-VirtualA discussion and creative workshop on the power of poetry
- Events-Poetry FoundationJoin us for a poetry reading, artist talk, and reception to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home.
- Events-Poetry FoundationParticipa en un dialogo entre los poetas participantes del festival Poesía en Abril.
- Events-Poetry FoundationAn evening of poetry readings by Elise Paschen and Esther Belin plus artist talks by June Carpenter and Lydia Cheshewalla, followed by a reception.
- Events-Poetry FoundationA poetry reading featuring Cheryl Clarke, Harmony Holiday, Natalia Molebatsi, and Nikki Patin.
- Events-VirtualA discussion of The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni
- Events-Poetry FoundationPoetry and portraiture provide a rare view into contemporary Mexican American women’s equestrian performance in this exhibition.
- PoemBy Janiru LiyanageOur neighbor’s orange tree is in full bloom fat and overgrown and spilling
sun-bright fists over our… - PoemBy Fatimah Asghartheir names have been lost
only the winds & only the mountains
keep them. we’ve forgotten the names
of … - PoemBy Caroline Laganas1 berry-stained month of summer
1 grandmother
2 cups flour
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
½… - PoemBy Zoe DoradoAll the second-gen immigrant Berkeley moms somehow all
went to Stanford. I’m laughing because
I want to…