‘Through a Red Place’ by @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social, published by @perugiapress.bsky.social

#poetry #poetrycommunity #moheganpoetry #poetryintranslation #poetryofplace #familypoetry #historicalpoetry #poetryofidentity #decolonization #recoveringhistory #nativepoetry

'The Sky was Once a Dark Blanket' by @kinsaledrake.bsky.social; @ugapress.bsky.social

#literaryactivist #poetry #poetrycollection #poetrycommunity #southwestpoetry #familypoetry #feministpoetry #nativepoetry #poetryasactivism (1/2)

'Ancient Light' by Kimberly Blaeser, published by The University of Arizona Press

lovely and piercing

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‘Occupy Whiteness’ by @jzthepoet.bsky.social published by @deepvellum.bsky.social

#poetry #poetrycommunity #hybridlit #bilingualpoetry #bilingualliterature #erasurepoetry #decolonialpoetry #immigrantpoetry #politicalpoetry #nativepoetry #poetryofwitness #poetryasactivism #literatureasactivism

This listicle poem reads like a biblical verse. The word “remember” calls us out of the prison of the present (which sometimes feels like heaven!) and into a deeper sense of belonging.
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'Whereas' by Layli Long Soldier published by @graywolfpress.bsky.social

Poems that are appreciated more and more with each reread are the best.

#reread #poetry #poetrycollection #poetrycommunity #motherhoodpoetry #nativepoetry #poetryasactivism #protestwithpoetry

'A History of Kindness' by Linda Hogan, published by Torrey House Press

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'blood snow' by dg nanouk okpik, published by Wave Books

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recently read: 'Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers' by Jake Skeets; published by Milkweed Editions
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'Blood Wolf Moon' by Elise Paschen, published by @redhenpress.bsky.social

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Heather Swan reviews Gagaan X'usyee / Below the Foot of the Sun: Poems, by Native Alaskan poet X'unei Lance Twitchell.

https://www.terrain.org/2024/reviews-reads/gagaan-xusyee/

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‘Mother’ by m.s. RedCherries, @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

addresses the very real long term effects of the boarding/residential school system

#poetry #hybridfiction #poetrycommunity #poetryofloss #poetryofidentity #searchforidentity #familypoetry #communitypoetry #nativepoetry