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Ogimaag Mitigoog*

By Lucinda Wentworth Posted on August 21, 2021 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2021
Ogimaag Mitigoog*
Placid Dusk by Jenae Miller of Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College

Height infused by your majesty Skin rough but breakable or smooth like marble baby Arms stretched out for sun or bent to the earth carefree   Tiny leaves for fingers full of veins and light grasp the rays Make them …

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the witch

By Sarah Chiago Posted on August 21, 2021 Posted in Poetry, Student 2021, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
the witch

ho’ok lived here stitching fire into skin phoenix was a sunlit city, she wanted to spit at it every time the sun kissed her ho’ok worked at social services on the rez drove on clay colored freeways as dawn broke …

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Saturday Night Mania

By Debbie Haddow Posted on August 21, 2021 Posted in Poetry, Student 2021, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Saturday Night Mania

It’s Saturday night in the psych ward, half past witching hour, lights switched off to phantom black. The psych ward becomes a cityscape, a night skyline in a sterile hospital. When I turn the power on, the corridors brighten, a …

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The TCJ Student Virtual Poetry Slam

By TCJ Staff Posted on April 28, 2021 Posted in Poetry
The TCJ Student Virtual Poetry Slam

TCJ Student partnered with Thunder inDIGIfest for the 2021 AIHEC poetry slam. Held virtually over Zoom, the slam was an experiment in the making.

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Her Hands

By Shyrelle D. Sloan Posted on February 22, 2021 Posted in Editor's Choice - Poetry, Poetry
Her Hands
Sheep by Talhela Daw of Dine College.

Her hands are smooth and rough,
like rusted metal in the rain.
Her heart is soft, like blue corn mush
on a Saturday morning.

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Untitled

By Dana Peterman Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in Poetry, Student 2020
Untitled

“Beautiful skies, red orange ascending into blue, over mirror like waters . . .”

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a field of insect-i-cides

By Nancy Beauregard Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in Poetry, Student 2020, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
a field of insect-i-cides

“beneath umbrellas of drooping purple petals, sticks with triangular heads hold curved handles, thin membranes stretch for tiny legs to back—stroke . . .”

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Díí ’Óólyé, This Is What It Means

By Michael Coan ’Ák’eeshchí Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in Poetry, Student 2020, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Díí ’Óólyé, This Is What It Means

“Shí’ee’ ’éí łeezh bee łíbá sílį́į́’ lá. My clothes became adorned with dust and dirt. ’Áko t’óó nízhónígo shí ’éé’ bík’ídíídláád. The Sun ribbons beautifully adorned my clothes.”

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Digital Black Hole

By Keanu Jones Posted on August 21, 2020 Posted in Poetry, Student 2020
Digital Black Hole

“Your hollow rib cage echoes in silence as you float into the endless digital stream.”

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Quercus

By Vivian M. Carroll Posted on August 17, 2020 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2020, Writing Contest Winners
Quercus

“With words about savages, standing too long in the sun to know what’s good for them. My mother stands strong. I raise myself higher, in proud nickel likeness.”

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