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Tag Archives: Resistance 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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WE LIVE IN A CULTURE OF RAPE
We Live In A Culture Of Rape By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Over the past few weeks I have noticed a spike in news about rapes around the world, in particular gang rapes. I know rape is not a new thing. … Continue reading
READING AT SPINLAW 2013: SPREADING THE ROOTS AND REACH OF THE LIVING TREE
Reading at SPINLAW 2013: Spreading the Roots and Reach of the Living Tree By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Early this year I was commissioned to write a poem for the SPINLAW conference, 30 Years Under the Living Tree: Reflections on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Commissioned Poet, Decolonization, decolonization literature, First Nations Peoples, How To Write A Poem, Human Rights, Idle No More, Indidgenous Solidarity, Indigenous Feminism, Missing and Murdered Abor, Osgoode Hall, poetry, post colonial literature, racism, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, SPINLAW 2013, Transphobia, Violence Against Women
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POINTS TO PONDER WHEN COMMISSIONED TO WRITE A POEM
Points To Ponder When Commissioned To Write A Poem By Jorge Antonio Vallejos In my last VLOG (video blog) When Commissioned To Write A Poem… I talked about things I have learned via writing a poem commissioned for the upcoming SPINLAW … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Commissioned Poem, Human Rights, Klu Klux Klan, Lefty Lawyers, Pondering Poetry, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, SPINLAW, Thinking about writing, Writing a commissioned poem, Writing and responsibility
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MALIKAH AWE:RI AND ROGER LANGEN READ THEIR POEMS FROM RESISTANCE POETRY #2
Meeting Malikah Awe:ri to tape her reading from Resistance Poetry #2 was great. I was a guest on her show with Dane Swan; we talked poems, read poems, and learned about poetry from each other. My interview with Malikah was … Continue reading
INTERVIEWS WITH RESISTANCE POETRY #2 CONTRIBUTOR MALIKAH AWE:RI AND EDITOR ROGER LANGEN
Mahlikah Awe:ri a drum talk poetic rapologist of African-Canadian/Mohawk (Kahnawá:ke) & Mi’kmaw (Bear River) heritage, with Nova Scotian roots, based in Toronto. Mahlikah is a founding member of Red Slam Collective a Hip Hop Fusion Band, of diverse indigenous artists … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginal poet, Edwidge Danticat, International Festival of Poetry of Resistance, Malikah Aweri, Missing and Murdered Aborinal Women in Canada, One Voice Radio, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Red Slam Collective, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, Resistance writing, Roger Langen, The Best American Essays
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RESISTANCE POETRY #2
Resistance Poetry 2: International Festival of Poetry of Resistance, Anthology 2012, Toronto Edited by Roger Langen Reviewed Jorge Antonio Vallejos It’s not always that I read a book with a smile. Do you know that feeling? There’s a smile on … Continue reading
NATIVE WOMEN AND TWO-SPIRITS SPEAK OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE!!!
This week on blackcoffeepoet.com we brought attention to the Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada via an Opinion Editorial by Anishinaabe Kwe Christine Luza, a Letter by Cindy Bourgeois to her Transgender sisters asking them to care … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadas Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, First Nations Women, Helen Betty Osborne, Indigenous Feminism, Marilyn Dumont, Metis poet, Native Women Speak Out Against Violence, post colonial literature, Rebellion Poetry, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poetry, Resistance Prose, Revoluntionary Prose, Revolutionary Poems, Two Spirit Poet, Violence Against Women
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DANE SWAN READS “PARKDALE SNOWSTORM”
Reading and reviewing Dane Swan’s book Bending The Continuum was a pleasure. My interview with Swan was just as much fun. Hear Dane Swan read Parkdale Snowstorm. Watch, SHARE, Tweet, enjoy. Subscribe to the Black Coffee Poet YOUTUBE … Continue reading
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