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thegreentealibrarian's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
aryelee's review
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Beautiful anthology with forewords before each section, separated into geographical regions where Native Americans lived before (and after) white settlers stole the land.
sjov's review against another edition
“The ironwoods lean down their dark needles / to the beach, long strings of / broken white coral and shells that ebb / to the north and west, and wait / dreaming the bent blue backs of waves.”
“The Song that sang itself / had no language / it was a heartbeat that thundered / through the canyons of time”
“. . . a voice speaks in our old language, which we do not know. / We sift through a history with dust on our hands, / the empty rocker creaking in the breeze.”
“The Song that sang itself / had no language / it was a heartbeat that thundered / through the canyons of time”
“. . . a voice speaks in our old language, which we do not know. / We sift through a history with dust on our hands, / the empty rocker creaking in the breeze.”
lizaroo71's review
5.0
An amazing collection. I can't believe I read it all in a couple of months.
I read a few poems every night. I made a lot of notes of authors I'd love to revisit and explore more of their work. I learned a lot about various native nations spread throughout the States. I love that many of the poems are written in their original language. While I can't understand it, it is nice to see the rhythm of the words. I found myself typing words into google translate to get the nuances of the meaning.
The poems definitely encompass a large swath of native nations, but a commonality is the ripping away of identity and the seeking of voice. Loss is a theme found throughout, but so is redemption and reclamation.
Thanks to Jenny of The Reading Envy podcast for hosting the read along.
I read a few poems every night. I made a lot of notes of authors I'd love to revisit and explore more of their work. I learned a lot about various native nations spread throughout the States. I love that many of the poems are written in their original language. While I can't understand it, it is nice to see the rhythm of the words. I found myself typing words into google translate to get the nuances of the meaning.
The poems definitely encompass a large swath of native nations, but a commonality is the ripping away of identity and the seeking of voice. Loss is a theme found throughout, but so is redemption and reclamation.
Thanks to Jenny of The Reading Envy podcast for hosting the read along.
tiakiwi's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
As an anthology of different authors poems I loved how this book was separated into different slices of the mainland United States, Hawaii, and Alaska. I also liked how they set up a paragraph about the author before their poems.
decembera's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
Favorite poets in the collection: Peter Blue Cloud, Marcie Rendon, nila northSun, Louise Erdrich, Gwen Nell Westerman, Chief Seattle, Mary TallMountain, Sherman Alexie, Georgiana Valoyce-Sanchez, Janice Gould, Anita Endrezze, Deborah A. Miranda, Joshua Ross, Evalyn Callahan Shaw, Samuel Sixkiller, Kim Shuck, Marianne Aweagon Broyles.
liorallen's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
An exquisite collection, over 200 years of indigenous poetry.