Title:
Sitting by the rapids
Author:
Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
Neyaashiinigmiing, ON : Kegedonce Press, 2018.
Physical Description:
42 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781928120179
Abstract:
"The ancestors, living at the time of European contact had a way with words. Poetry spilled effortlessly from their lips because the spirit of the land guided their words. I take seriously my belief that medicine of extraordinary healing power is found in the verses of a poet who puts words together for the purpose of bringing peace and serenity to people in want of it. The counsels and poetry of a person living with pain are special and more meaningful to an individual in the throes of heartache."-- Provided by publisher.
General Note:
Poems.
Contents:
Because of you -- Because of me -- Pain -- A thousand lives -- Where is the bird -- Home -- Four eagles -- Cancer -- Panic attack -- Anxiety -- They are here -- The voices of the city -- Our strong people -- Recovery -- I see it -- What is a man -- In honour of water -- The fasting circle -- A prayer -- The sacred fire -- When I look at you -- Slivers -- Today -- My parents -- Our young people -- Memories -- I remember -- The heart -- I walk among them -- The victim -- My brother -- Look at my life and see my strengths -- A sacred treaty -- Our girls -- The eyes of little children -- I love you -- The raspberry moon -- Early spring -- Where berries grow -- Man of the blackberry moon -- Autumn woman -- Spring -- When the cedar is gone -- Like trees -- The tree -- The leaves -- The leaf-bearing trees -- Worthy.
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Genre:
Language:
English
