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2019 AIHEC Student Conference Poetry Slam

By TCJ Staff Posted on April 3, 2019 Posted in Poetry
2019 AIHEC Student Conference Poetry Slam

Resting Teachings

By Keanu Jones Posted on August 19, 2018 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2018, Writing Contest Winners
Resting Teachings
Revelations of a New Dawn Awakening by Marissa Irizarry of the Institute of American Indian Arts

You spent your last moments where you belonged.
Resting quietly with the sleeping plants,
you returned to the land.

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Homing In

By Vivian M. Carroll Posted on August 19, 2018 Posted in Poetry, Student 2018, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Homing In
Stolen Sisters by Diamond Williams of Haskell Indian Nations University

I fly, silver wings above clouds,
tracking yesterday through winds
tuned to stellar frequency—

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Laika

By A.M. Osceola Posted on August 19, 2018 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2018, Writing Contest Winners
Laika
Taco by Miles Charley of Navajo Technical University

How small we must have looked to you
from way up there. Our true, cruel humanity
revealed as we rocketed you skyward.

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The Empty Plate

By Mary Barauskas Posted on August 18, 2018 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2018, Writing Contest Winners
The Empty Plate
Me Too by Mikayla Patton of the Institute of American Indian Arts

Later on my mother called me and my two older brothers into the bedroom to tell us our father went to heaven.

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Spirit

By Amber Gwin Posted on August 18, 2018 Posted in Poetry, Student 2018, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Spirit
I Fight Like a Woman-Winona LaDuke by Lorenza Marcais of the Institute of American Indian Arts

Coyote reminds us you need a little crazy;
And a laugh or two.

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Graduation

By Marcella Eriacho Posted on August 21, 2017 Posted in Poetry, Student 2017, Writing Contest Honorable Mentions
Graduation
Murmuration by Tyra Wilson of College of the Muscogee Nation

Land of Enchantment Rural Route 53 – Westbound 55 mph Isolated with pot holes A jack rabbit scurries across Ditat Dues – God Enriches Stateline – Westbound – I-40 75 mph Fast pace Small. Big. Large. Semis Travel Stops to …

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All Alone

By Santino Medina Posted on August 21, 2017 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2017, Writing Contest Winners
All Alone
Untitled by Arlita Meek of Sinte Gleska University

Got so much pain more than I can contain Put that little bloodsucker back on my vein Yeah I’m supposed to be happy of course But I’m hyperventilating put me to bed by force. Hate waking up, I’ll sleep thru …

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Doing Time

By Darin Janis Posted on August 21, 2017 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2017, Writing Contest Winners
Doing Time
Timeless by Aaron Yazzie of the Institute of American Indian Arts

There are liquid nooses that drip from the roof tops in White Clay. Entwined are the bodies of many Lakota men and women who purchased an addiction by paying with their lives. She is held without bond within the four …

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Shímásáni Clara

By Boderra Joe Posted on August 21, 2017 Posted in In Print, Poetry, Student 2017, Writing Contest Winners
Shímásáni Clara
Observation 1 by Manuel Ramirez of the Institute of American Indian Arts

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