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Tag Archives: Aboriginal poetry
WASHING THE WORLD: A POEM FOR CANADA’S 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN
Washing the World By Anna Marie Sewell In the dark at this end of the year so much stacked up against the light between us, against the odds despite the tears, in this season’s bitter wind listen to a dream … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal poetry, Anna Marie Sewell, Canadas Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, decolonization literature, Edmonton Poetr Laureate, First Nations poetry, Highway of Tears, Indigenous Feminism, Mi'gmaq Nation, Mi'gmaq poetry, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Missing and Murdered First Nations Women, Resistance Poetry, Sisters In Spirit, Violence Against Women, words of resistance
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REMEMBERING ALL WOMEN ON DECEMBER 6TH: “RESISTANCE”, A POEM BY CREE POET CONNIE FIFE
Resistance, a poem by Cree word warrior Connie Fife was selected to be read by Whitney French as the closing of Remembering All Women Week on blackcoffeepoet.com. When meeting Whitney to photograph and videotape her I read the poem and … Continue reading
REMEMBERING ALL WOMEN ON DECEMBER 6TH: “MOVE A MOUNTAIN”, A POEM BY JANET MARIE ROGERS
Every December 6th hundreds of vigils are held across the land now known as Canada for the 14 white women killed in “The Montreal Massacre”. Many people have pointed out that women from many different groups (Aboriginal, Of Colour, Trans, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal poetry, December 6th Vigil, Feminist poetry, Janet Marie Rogers, Marc Lepine - The Montreal Massacre, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Montreal Massacre, Transphobia at December 6th Vigil, Vancouver Rape Relief Transphobia, Women Won't Forget
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HONOURING AND REMEMBERING INDIGENOUS WOMEN: POETRY BY JANET MARIE ROGERS, JAMAIAS DACOSTA, AND DALLAS GOLDTOOTH
Janet Marie Rogers is a Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from the Six Nations band in southern Ontario. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has been living on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people (Victoria, British Columbia) since 1994. Dallas … Continue reading
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Tagged 1491s, Aboriginal poetry, Black Coffee Poet, Dallas Goldtooth of the 1491s, Honouring and Remembering Indigenous Women, Honouring and Remembering Indigenous Women Week 2012, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Indigenous Waves Radio, Jamaias DaCosta, Janet Marie Rogers, Missign and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Missing and Murdered Native Women in Canada, Mixed Race poetry, Mohawk Poet Janet Marie Rogers, Native poetry
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INTERVIEW WITH OJIBWE POET DAVID GROULX
David Groulx was raised in the Northern Ontario mining community of Elliot Lake. He is Ojibwe Indian and French Canadian. David studied creative writing at the En’owkin Centre in Penticton, BC, in 1998–1999, where he won the Simon J. Lucas … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Difficult Beauty" by David Groulx, "While I Sat On The Hood Of A Chevrolet" By David Groulx, "White Girl On A Reservation At Night" by David Groulx, Aboriginal poetry, Black Coffee Poet, Bukowski, Czeslaw Milosz, Daniel David Moses, Elliot Lke, First Nations poetry, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, International Festival of the Authors 2011, Interview with David Groulx, Lawrence Wegner, Mahmoud Darwish, Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame Hadrawi, Native American Poetry, Neil Stonechild, Ojibwe poet, Starlight Tours, Tompson Highway
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BROKEN ARROW 2 POETS TRISTAN MARTELL AND RYAN RAINVILLE READ THEIR POEMS “TOMAHAWK TIME ACTION” + “DOUBLE STANDARD”
Meeting with Tristan Martell to tape him read his poem Tomahawk Time Action was fun. Tristan immediately got into performance mode and started his intro followed by his work. Pure positivity all around. Enjoy Martell’s experimental poetry. And check … Continue reading
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Tagged "Double Standard" by Ryan Rainville, "Tomahawk Time Action" by Tristan Martell, Aboriginal poetry, Anarchist Poetry, Black Coffee Poet, Cree Poet, Cree Poets, Experimental Poetry, First Nations poetry, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Mixed Race poetry, Ryan Ranville, Sakimay First Nation, Tristan Martell, Waterhen First Nation
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BROKEN ARROW 2: OUR FOOTPRINTS: JOURNEYS ON THE RED ROAD
BROKEN ARROW 2 OUR FOOTPRINTS: JOURNEYS ON THE RED ROAD By Sagatay Men’s Writing Group Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Footprints show you were a person has been and where they are going. Some are deep, others are surface, all … Continue reading
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Tagged "My Resurrection" by Jason Boucher, "The Trail" by Kevin Copegog, "Where I'm From" by Wes, Aboriginal poetry, Aboriginal writings, Black Coffee Poet, Broken Arrow 2, Broken Arrow 2: Our Footprints: Journeys on the Red Road, Broken Arrow: Native Men's Writing, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Native American Poetry, Native American zine, Sagatay, Sagatay Native Men's Writing Group
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ALEC BUTLER READS HIS POEM “STOLEN LAND”
Meeting with Alec Butler for this special week was cool. We laughed, shared ideas, talked politics and relationships and books. Books! Alec Butler has a ton of books and he’s read almost all of them. In his interview with … Continue reading
CELEBRATING ONE YEAR OF BLACKCOFFEEPOET.COM!!!!!!!! A PATH TO FREEDOM, A KEY TO REAL BEING: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN LEE MARACLE AND RUBELISE DA CUNHA
A PATH TO FREEDOM, A KEY TO REAL BEING: THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF POETRY AND PUBLIC READING Lee Maracle and Rubelise da Cunha Originally published in OPEN LETTER Fall 2008 Dear Lee, Since you said you have very strong and … Continue reading
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Tagged A PATH TO FREEDOM A KEY TO REAL BEING THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF POETRY AND PUBLIC READING, Aboriginal poetry, Aboriginal Writing, Black Coffee Poet, Celebratng 1 Year of blackcoffeepoet.com, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBf4gT7MsSM, Lee Maracle, Lee Maracle talks with Rublelise da Cunha, Open Letter, Open Letter Fall 2008, poetry., Rubelise da Cunha, Theytus books
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CELEBRATING ABORIGINAL HISTORY MONTH 2011: OPENING SONG BY DAWNIS KENNEDY AND A REVIEW OF “VOICE OF AN EAGLE” BY JOANNA SHAWANA
Voice of an Eagle By Joanna Shawana Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Voice of and Eagle by Joanna Shawana soars high. The Anishnawbe poet brings truth and humility to every page having the reader feel like they are sitting with … Continue reading
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Tagged "Voice of an Eagle" by Joanna Shawana, Aboriginal History Month, Aboriginal History Month 2011, Aboriginal poetry, Anishinawbe, Anishinawbe Kwe, Anisinawbe people, Black Coffee Poet, Dawnis Kennedy sings "Ghost Warrior", https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Joanna Shawana, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Native poetry, Wiki, Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve
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