A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

28 October 2022 ~ Narinda

near Maxson Trailhead, Me-Wuk, Yokuts, Mono lands, August 2022 Alicia Elliott is a Haudenosaunee writer whose essay collection A Mind Spread Out on the Ground I read this summer. I keep returning this passage: "We untangle the threads of history and treat the wounds we find underneath. We listen to one another, support one another, … Continue reading A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

Poetry Outside

6 June 2022 ~ Narinda

Photo of four adults and a small child sitting on the ground. Narinda smiles as she reads from an orange chapbook. Photo credit: Claudia Miranda. Last winter's outdoor poetry reading at Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve. Grateful for the invitation from AAWAA to create this offering for their fundraiser last year, and to Mayowa (at center … Continue reading Poetry Outside

w e f i n d

22 May 202023 May 2020 ~ Narinda

https://soundcloud.com/longcoolhallway/we-find we are from different homelands,members of multiple diaspora--home, heart, ancestry we search fornourishmentin old placesand new resign ourselvesto the realitythat we will alwayshave certainhollows in ourbellies or our heartsfor the sakeof filling certain needs. we celebrate that howeverour tides may change,we find waysto ride the wavestoward one another, and when we share spaceand time-- … Continue reading w e f i n d