Seven men on the rock upon the house
By Marion Sarain Stump, 1945-1974, Cree/Shoshone/Salish, U.S./Canada. Seven men on the rock upon the houseThe deadman’s head is laughingAt my mistakesA lazy flyin’ of crows …
when i think of mama in residential school
By Rosanna Deerchild, 2015, Cree Canadian. Translated by Solomon Ratt (th-dialect). Source: Cree Literacy Network, https://creeliteracy.org/2016/05/06/rosanna-deerchild-translated-by-solomon-ratt-th-dialect-with-audio/ when i think of mama in residential school i …
Who Said It Was Simple
By Audre Lorde, 1934-1992, U.S. There are so many roots to the tree of anger that sometimes the branches shatter before they bear.Sitting in Nedicksthe …
A poem inspired by reconciliation
By Patricia Heintzman, published in the Squamish Chief, July 31, 2017. (Source: https://www.squamishchief.com/opinion/columnists/column-a-poem-inspired-by-reconciliation-1.21387842) Truth. Reconciliation. Is more than an apology and deprecation, a prayer to …
Blank Sonnet
By George Elliott Clarke, b.1960, Nova Scotia. The air smells of rhubarb, occasionalRoses, or first birth of blossoms, a fresh,Undulant hurt, so body snaps and …
Incident
By Countee Cullen, 1903-1946, U.S. Once riding in old Baltimore,Heart-filled, head-filled with glee,I saw a BaltimoreanKeep looking straight at me.Now I was eight and very …
The Virus
By Jericho Brown, 2018, U.S. Dubbed undetectable, I can’t killThe people you touch, and I can’tBlur your viewOf the pansies you’ve plantedOutside the window, meaningI …
Little Prayer
By Danez Smith, 2017, U.S. let ruin end here let him find honeywhere there was once a slaughter let him enter the lion’s cage& find …
A Litany For Survival
By Audre Lorde, 1934-1992, U.S. For those of us who live at the shorelinestanding upon the constant edges of decisioncrucial and alonefor those of us …
Cross
By Langston Hughes. Submitted by Ed and Ada Smith of Windsor. My old man’s a white old manAnd my old mother’s black.If ever I cursed …