byDenise Sweet
They had to name, they had to remember, or things would not be named
and remembered if they did not do it. -- Carlos Fuentes
- These are the new stories
o.noo dino.wanooshki.aya inaji.moowin
our response to the sorrow of light arriving and dying
nak.weta.moowin ki-na.nina.wendam-nan
nan.gissi dag.wishi.noma.gad dash nibo.winthe stellar maps of story and myth
anang mazin-ichigan
inaji.moowin dash gekad.jig debwe.yenda.moowinwhere writers find their way back to beginnings
anin.di oji.bi.an mik
o-inaka.keya-wa pik.wan o.sam maji.tawinriding like black satin horses
o.daba min.wenim maka.de.wa
sa.gate agwi be.beji.goon.gamjigcharging the silvery landscape
bimi.najik gi.gati.gwan gaba
This is to remember our wounded and dead
oh-oo mi-kwam.ika mi.kwen.im
ki-ma.kissi-nan dash nibo.magadThis is to remember the names we've given away or never received
. oh-oo mi-kwam.ika mi.kwen.im
iji.ni.kasso.win gi-kina.wind pagi.dinan kema ka.wika o.dapini.gassoThis is to love the forgotten
oh-oo mi.kwam.ika sagi wa.nenda.gwad
© 1997 Denise Sweet
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