Today’s poem is not a single poem, but a collection. I didn’t know this existed, and some can be tough, but all had power in them. This is a collection of both spoken poetry and written poetry that was then collected in video by the Native Alliance Against Violence....
Oh my goodness, I needed this poem today. I feel both celebratory and worried, and it’s an interesting space to be. I want to shout from the rooftops, but feel guilty doing so. This poem by Brandi Nalani McDougall captures such a dichotomy of feeling so well. It...
Sometimes you just need a really beautiful poem with beautiful language and poignant turns of phrases. America, I Sing Back By Allison Adelle Hedge Coke for Phil Young, my father, Robert Hedge Coke, Whitman, and Hughes America, I sing back. Sing back what sung you in....
Oh man. I was looking for a light poem, and so I opened a poem by this same author, Crisosto Apache, called “Laughter.” IT WAS NOT LIGHT. So ironically I went to this poem, and I felt much better than with the “Laughter” poem! Death By Crisisto...
I went looking for Native poems for children, and it was actually kind of hard to find! Even some of those listed “for children” were more written for adults but not inappropriate for children. The ones I did find were actually a little older. But...
