By Pamela Sneed
The only antidote I may have to Trump’s election
is in a small ferry to Robben Island
one that shuttles…
is in a small ferry to Robben Island
one that shuttles…
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- By Ann-Margaret LimHolding his stare in mine, I flip the bird
at a grown man
on a stool in front of the street bar
on the … - By Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras
- By Omotara JamesWhen we meet at the holiday table, we take turns
and great pains not to remind each other
of our mutual… - By Edward SalemGod said (and already you can tell
I’m making this up),
If you lift a rock, I am there.
If you lift a finger… - By Angelina SáenzIf you are going to wear this dress
you have to respect the rules
Yes, they are conservative and strict… - By Shara McCallumAt this point, I don’t know what in me is Jamaican
versus American. Or, reaching further back,
Trinidadian… - By Hershman JohnLast Easter, I gave my mother-in-law a large, brown, simple ceramic
Navajo water pot, shiny with pine… - By Hershman JohnWill Power. It is the deepest purple like huckleberries gnashed between bear teeth. The bears have been…
- By Zoey YazzieI come from ablazea female mountain boulders scorchedcradled—in—betweenbeat—strainedbeet—stained…
- By Zoey YazzieDoor :[frames]: bolted by seams of
desert fleece and beaming blindfolds
dry-steamed by the musk … - By Yitazba Leighangry appaloosa hooves
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Our house on the hill. They always say in Navajo -up there… - By Norla Cheemiss you calling me at work
leaving stupid jokes on my phone
like the one about the Arapaho, the Navajo… - By Kinsale DrakeIn the years of scorched earth,
Kit Carson’s pale-knife face
bayonetting the sky, his blood thirst,
… - By Cheyenne Dakota WilliamsAt the drive-thru line
at Taco Bell
in a parking lot
in Shiprock
I look out
from the backseat
and see… - By Nicole GonzalezThe Spiritual Symbiotic Triad
White corn masa harina
puff up on the comal,
Calabacitas steaming
… - By Nicole GonzalezShould I have one more piece of frybread? Concentrate and ask againWill I ever live on the rez? Outlook…
- By Hershman JohnDear young Deer Spring and Towering Houses
Follow a Diné elder down a rabbit hole:
My Pembroke crest…