May 2011 – Joanne Merriam

Some of them, often the best of them, will go undercover-wear suits and carry briefcases, returning to their writing desk only after the sun has gone down and the city has gone to sleep.

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Last Sunday I went to see Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez read at Vanderbilt. I don’t speak Spanish, so I had to rely on the

Poetry Writing

His face white as the centre of a burn

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New poem “Bluebeard” just posted at Chizine!

I acknowledge that I live in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq nation. This territory is covered by a series of treaties of peace and friendship which recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and established rules for an ongoing relationship between nations. We are all treaty people. The stories of First Nations peoples have been told in Mi'kma'ki for centuries, and I commit to holding space for those stories to be retold. Moreover, as a guest on this land, I affirm that I have a duty to be mindful of my environmental impact and to reflect on and hold colonial systems accountable.

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Month: May 2011

Some of them, often the best of them, will go undercover-wear suits and carry briefcases, returning to their writing desk only after the sun has gone down and the city has gone to sleep.

His face white as the centre of a burn