February 2012 – Joanne Merriam

No, for real, they’re free.

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Today (February 25th), in honor of the anniversary of the first US electric printing press patent (by Thomas Davenport in 1837) and as a thank

Awards Poetry

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My short poem “Love in the Time of Alien Invasion” and my long poem “Tender Aliens”—both originally published in The Magazine of Speculative Poetry in

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: February 2012

No, for real, they’re free.

Rhyslings