Indigineous – Wazhashk Poetry

November 4, 2023

On Epic Poetry and the Importance of New Indigenous Myths

This weekend marks the end of the first leg of my touring for the newest collection, North of Middle Island, and I am left with some important thoughts about Indigenous lit and culture moving forward. Thoughts that have arisen from the most recent high profile pretendian revelation as well as the path of Canadian literature

The Sacred Spaces We Find. The Ones We Create

And make no mistake that the medicine that the Purdy’s found at that lake was no doubt strong. But the A-Frame that they built on that lake in the middle of Loyalist country became an receiver of that medicine, funneled towards its positive nature.

With Each Word We Move Closer to Decolonized Voices

Understand that part and parcel of looking towards building a healthy relationship with First Peoples and settler governments we must start with words, names, and symbols. For ten of thousands of years people have moved about the land, come to understand it in way that is both spiritual and physical, and have developed names and