Deep down into the canyon where the spires live, breathing in the dust of histories, our feet move slowly through the long trail, blistered and tender they move on. Passing foot and handholds along the rock edge, we run our …
The Parisian spends an afternoon in a magnolia grove glowing with ivory blooms. His hunting shirt is purple, embroidered with orange flowers and the morning star. He wants an Osage girl for a few piasters, a buffalo hunt, an Indian’s …
Sit and listen, young one to All your relatives, For they come from all walks and directions. My Brothers and sisters They tell me we are all connected, ONE. When I run with the wind, I can feel Deep within …
Collestipher D. Chattois Diné and Mescalero Apache from the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation. He attended the Art Institute of San Francisco and is currently enrolled in the BFA program at the Institute of American Indian …
you can still love someone when you’re drowning in salt water it’s the lilac in tides the way she traces her fingers over your bare shoulders it’s the velocity of color changing while you sink, first cumulus, then pretending to …
I read a book today, The title, “My Grandfather.” Aptly titled so, because the title was the author. You see, books can go unnoticed Their covers worn and faded. But we know the stories are real Because the lines …
Feeling out of place around this so called right RIGHT What makes the darkness so right? RIGHT? Good hides in the dark waiting to show his light LIGHT Feeling right in place around this so called wrong WRONG What if …
His life was risked for mine; So for this, You & I, We, are indebted Never truly able to repay this type of note Because it is not a monetary issue Today his life was cut short And time was …
There is sorrow to be had for the sun and the moon As they work all day and all night to make possible the two Lonely in their treks across the sky, they yearn for each other Fading, setting, starving …
Darkness entrapment surrounding with noises constantly unaware movements, At first sight I gasp for the one thing I find divine, Learning each day how to comprehend the present struggle Spending every waking minute to be an influence, Sleepless nights end …
