Published September 15th, 2024
by Deidra Suwanee Dees
cannot go canoeing today
one fusvhayv egg laid in my canoe
cannot go canoeing today
two fusvhayv eggs laid in my canoe
cannot go canoeing today
three fusvhayv eggs laid in my canoe
cannot go canoeing today
first fusvhayv born in my canoe
cannot go canoeing today
second fusvhayv born in my canoe
cannot go canoeing today
third fusvhayv born in my canoe
cannot go canoeing today
first fusvhayv flew from my canoe
cannot go canoeing today
second fusvhayv flew from my canoe
went canoeing today
third fusvhayv flew from my canoe
Note on Community Membership
Deidra Suwanee Dees: Of Mvskoke/Scottish decent, I work at the Poarch Band of Creek Indians which is located on our ancestral motherland.
About the Poet
Deidra Suwanee Dees resides in Atmore, Alabama, United States.
Read the poet's biography on Deidra Suwanee Dees's Artist Page.
This poem is collected in Comet #3,
published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library.
Previously published in First Nations Poetry Magazine:
Performance Anxiety
by Michael Bennett Leroux
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