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Category Archives: Poetry
MY FATHER WAS A TOLTEC
My Father Was A Toltec By Ana Castillo Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos 1988 was a great year for poetry and poets of colour. Not Vanishing by Chrystos, my favorite book of poetry, was published in 1988; Audre Lorde had … Continue reading
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Tagged "Dirty Mexican", "In My Country", "My Father Was A Toltec", "No Dogs Or Mexicans Allowed!", "Saturdays", "The only good Indian is a dead Indian", "The only good Mexican is a dead Mexican", "We Would Like You To Know", 1988, Ana Castillo, Audre Lorde, Black Coffee Poet, Cherrie Moraga, Chyrstos, Gloria Anzaldua, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jean Rhys, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Not Vanishing
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PAGAN POET CHRIS MOORE READS HIS POETRY
I met Chris Moore at my local coffee shop this past winter. We’d say, “Hi”, sit by one another, and then do our own thing: I’d write, he’d meditate. One day we started talking politics, which led to him asking … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Coffee Poet, Chris Moore, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Pagan Poetry
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INTERVIEW WITH PAGAN POET CHRIS MOORE
Chris Moore first became a Priest of what he refers to as the “Old Religion” when he was initiated as a British Tradition Witch in the ninth month of 1999. Already at that point, a proficient Rune worker, it was … Continue reading
ANISHINAABE SPOKEN WORD POET LENA RECOLLET SINGS HER POETRY
Lena Recollet is an Anishinaabe, fulltime multidisciplinary, artist born in Toronto and raised on the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve. A member of the Red Slam Collective, Recollet has been on tour sharing her poetry with many ears across different provinces. … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH MOHAWK POET JANET MARIE ROGERS
Janet Marie Rogers is a spoken-word poet from Six Nations Territory in Ontario, Canada who started writing in 1996. Her literary passions are Native heritage, feminism, historical territories, human love, sexuality and spirit. Rogers hosts Victoria, BC’s only Native radio … Continue reading
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Tagged "Addictions", "Big Crew" Pow Wow Drum, "Drunken Shaman", "Hurricane Rage", "Ojistah Publishing", "Red Erotic", "Skin LIke Mine" by Garry Gottfriedson, "Splitting the Heart", "Un-Earthed", "Warriors Prayer", AIM Song, American Indian Movement song, Black Coffee Poet, Chris Bose, feminism, Firewater, http, Interview With Janet Marie Rogers, Janet Marie Rogers, Jordan Wheeler, Leaf Press, Mohawk spoken word poet, Native Heritage, Native Waves, Native Waves radio, Richard Van Camp, Swil Kanim
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FIREWATER
Firewater By Janet Rogers Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Have you heard of the term “taking back”? It often refers to words and phrases that were once used as weapons against different peoples and that have now been adopted by … Continue reading
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Tagged "Addictions", "Distractions", anthropolgy and racism, Black Coffee Poet, drunken Indian, Firewater, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Janet Rogers, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Native American Music Award in Spoken Word 2010, Native Spirituality, Native Spoken Word, Swil Kanim, Turtle Island
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“BROKEN ARROW” CONTRIBUTORS JAMES C. MILES AND ALBERT MOORE READ THEIR POETRY
James C. Miles is a poet of Mohawk, Chippewa and Finish descent. A crossword puzzle fanatic, Miles was born and raised in Toronto and is a “proud Broadlands Park boy”. Apart from writing poetry, Miles is a painter, leather … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH BROKEN ARROW CONTRIBUTORS TIM RENOLLET AND JAMES C. MILES AND EDITOR EMILY POHL-WEARY
Interview With Broken Arrow Contributors James C. Miles and Tim Renollet BCP: Why poetry? JM: That’s a good question. It has been years since I have sat down and put my feelings to pen. However, since my enrollment in the … Continue reading
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Tagged and Culture, Art, Black Coffee Poet, Broken Arrow, Broken Arrow: Native Men's Writing, Emily Pohl-Weary, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with James C. Miles and Tim Renollet and Emily Pohl-Weary, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Native Men's Residence, Sagatay, Sagatay Apaenmowineen program, Writing Group
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BROKEN ARROW: NATIVE MEN’S WRITING, ART, AND CULTURE
Broken Arrow: Native Men’s Writing, Art and Culture Edited by Emily Pohl-Weary Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos There’s a new zine out that’s kick ass: Broken Arrow. Its fifty-two pages are comprised of poems, plays, short stories, photos, and artwork; … Continue reading
WAEL QATTAN READS HIS POETRY
I met Wael earlier this year at a poetry reading at the Centre for Women and Trans People at University of Toronto. His poetry was striking! Images of the hell that Iraq was in the 90s came from Wael’s lips. … Continue reading
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