AFTER THE SHOOTINGS: A POEM BY QWO-LI DRISKILL

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Black Coffee Poet

After the Shootings

Quanneapague, December 14, 2012

By Qwo-Li Driskill

The names of children

sharp needles of loss

we use to suture

the gash of memory

that rises

from Potatuck land

the story bleeds

onto us

shouts rapid fire

crumples behind desks

a story

with a trigger

and not enough time

to hide

a story

we didn’t want to hear

but can recite by heart

America

Qwo-Li Driskill is a Cherokee Two-Spirit writer, activist, performer, and educator. S/he is the author of Walking with Ghosts: Poems and the co-editor of Sovereign Erotics and Queer Indigenous Studies. S/he is an assistant professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University. See Qw0-Li’s website: dragonflyrising.com.

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3 Responses to AFTER THE SHOOTINGS: A POEM BY QWO-LI DRISKILL

Jenny says:

December 20, 2012 at 4:18 am

Touching and poignant.

- Black Coffee Poet says:
  
  December 20, 2012 at 4:27 pm
  
  Jenny,
  
  Thanks for your comment.
  
  And congrats on your new website!!!!!!!!
  
  Keep writing,
  
  BCP
  
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