Indigenous Poetics Abenaki Joseph Oklahombi

Joseph Oklahombi

domestic utensils

declares: “Our relatives are watching over us

and liberating

is an entertaining feast with a core of hard-earned wisdom

Indigenous Poetics Abenaki Joseph OklahombiIndigenous Poetics is a collection of essays by contemporary Native American poets in the United States who explore how the genre helps to radically understand, contemplate, and realize something deeper about ourselves, our communities, and our worlds. The collection illuminates the creative process, identity, language, and the making of poetry. The contributors tell us, in their own words and on their own Indigenous terms, how they engage poetic