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crystal_reading's review
4.0
The poetry in this book seems personal and conversational. The language is poetic, but is approachable. It seems like e kind of poetry to hand to someone who is wary of those things called poems.
I appreciated the many poems involving family and heritage. Quite a few dropped me back in time to my childhood. The first was about the many names people have given her. I remembered those I had in childhood too. It's good to be reminded.
I also appreciated her voice and all she brought to her poetry. She wrote a poem called 'American Indian Voices: I Wonder if This is an Indian Poem.' She shared about poetry experts and their ideas of what makes a poem Indian - is it the subject matter like fry bread, bingo, and powwow, or is it how they speak of these and other things? Indian poetry doesn't have to fit what the experts deem to be Indian poetry. It seems she believes it's an Indian poem if an Indian wrote it out their life experiences.
I appreciated the many poems involving family and heritage. Quite a few dropped me back in time to my childhood. The first was about the many names people have given her. I remembered those I had in childhood too. It's good to be reminded.
I also appreciated her voice and all she brought to her poetry. She wrote a poem called 'American Indian Voices: I Wonder if This is an Indian Poem.' She shared about poetry experts and their ideas of what makes a poem Indian - is it the subject matter like fry bread, bingo, and powwow, or is it how they speak of these and other things? Indian poetry doesn't have to fit what the experts deem to be Indian poetry. It seems she believes it's an Indian poem if an Indian wrote it out their life experiences.
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