A Poem for you: Stories by Amber McCrary

2024-11-20T16:14:23-05:00

Stories Amber McCrary You are a Diné woman A cosmic energy of earth and sky Nihimá Nahasdzáán Azhé’é DiyiníWinter is over So, we put our stories in the drawer Then we take them out for the next winter It is said stories are only told in the winter So, the bears and snakes do not hear them My father is not a traditional man But he grew up as a traditional ashkii yázhí He speaks the tongue of the sky and earth of our people He knows the ways of our land But denies it all One day I tell him [...]

A Poem for you: Stories by Amber McCrary2024-11-20T16:14:23-05:00

Word of the Week: caterwaul (KAT-er-wawl)

2024-11-20T13:21:58-05:00

 caterwaul (KAT-er-wawl) Definition (Verb) 1. to make a harsh cry 2. to protest or complain noisily In Context Between begging calls, the young birds made more practice launches, flapping their wings and jumping. Paired adults were re-forming their relationships; returning birds went in for bouts of head flicking and kissing. Neighbors were in dispute, caterwauling above the din." Tim Dee, The New York Review of Books, 11 Sept. 2018

Word of the Week: caterwaul (KAT-er-wawl)2024-11-20T13:21:58-05:00

A Poem for you: Ars Poetica by Kenyatta Rogers

2024-11-20T16:11:34-05:00

Ars Poetica Kenyatta Rogers After Amiri Baraka and Stefania Gomez Poems are bullshit unless they are broken  like a horse, like a dog kicked in the ribs,  Like your favorite toy that’s missing an arm. Love can make you feel used. I want the poem that limps back to me. Poems should hurt like love, like ice water on your teeth like a massage to smooth out a cramped muscle. Give me the poem that’s like leather. Give me the poem that smells like gasoline. I want a poem that is a warning, a poem that makes me check to see if I [...]

A Poem for you: Ars Poetica by Kenyatta Rogers2024-11-20T16:11:34-05:00

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