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Editor's Choice

Continuous Drought

By Sareya Taylor Posted on April 26, 2023 Posted in Editor's Choice
Continuous Drought
Resilient by Kiana Woody of Tohono O’odham Community College

“My hands cupped – cold in humid air – Water Boy kisses my exposed skin – I wonder if the Holy People see me here…”

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Sense of Place

By Ava Carpentier Posted on November 16, 2022 Posted in Editor's Choice
Sense of Place
Untitled by David Villier of Leech Lake Tribal College

“A sense of place is felt with the whole body. It is sound, taste, touch, smell, vision, and the great beyond… It is touching ground after an arduous trip out at sea.”

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Violet

By Jacynthia Oprenov Posted on April 29, 2021 Posted in Editor's Choice
Violet

“She was talking about suicide again, but she talked about suicide almost every time she drank. I told her to hush while my eyes slipped shut…”

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Cheii’s (Grandpa’s) Big Red Truck

By Charmayne Klah Posted on November 16, 2020 Posted in Editor's Choice, Student 2020
Cheii’s (Grandpa’s) Big Red Truck
Old Truck by Wyatt Davis of Diné College

My Cheii’s (grandpa’s) truck coming up the dirt road. A big old cloud of dust behind him.   My Cheii’s (grandpa’s) truck, A BIG RED TRUCK! BIG knobby tires, BIG white mirrors, With a flat bed and stack rack. Grumble, …

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With Reservation

By Robin Máxkii Posted on May 30, 2016 Posted in Editor's Choice, Poetry
With Reservation

I am from recycled goods, bus passes, and borrowed books, walking in the canyons, biking in the woods, reading about places I want to visit, hearing about people I want to meet, riding the bus alone. I am from homes …

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