BLOODTALK: ROSEDBUD INDIAN RESERVATION
BLOODTALK You and I, we meet in words.It is the language that bridges us. You say pleased, I say pleasure.Our hands shake. You say velvet. I breathe deeply.I say cobalt. …
I AM GOING TO
10 8 2016 I’m going to let her go.I’m going to cry in my sleep tonight.I’m going to hold a sip of bourbonin my mouth until my tongue goes numb.I’m…
RAPE CULTURE IN THE U.S. ELECTION
I have stayed out of the public discussion of this election cycle in the United States until now and now my heart is on fire and I will not choke…
WATER IS LIFE: ELEMENTAL
I CONTINUE TO STAND WITH THE PROTECTORS AT STANDING ROCK.Honor the Laramie Treaty of 1868.WATER IS LIFE.An excerpt from my poem, Elemental: The Voices I Head, in the voice of…
GANDHI’S BIRTHDAY
Be the change you wish to see in the world. – Gandhi I had this quote on my office door at Penn State for many years, and it was the header…
NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the United States. As we enter this month, my hope is as it has been for the more than twenty years of…