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A scar upon our voice
- Title
- A scar upon our voice / Robin Coffee.
- Author
- Coffee, Robin, 1953-
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2005.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 112 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- ""You can take from me what you will, but you cannot touch the words of my heart," declares author Robin Coffee in the introduction to A Scar Upon Our Voice. In this autobiographical poetry collection, Coffee explores the aftershocks of growing up as an American Indian in a country that has marginalized his cultural identity. Coffee relinquishes his alienation, anger, and his desire to heal wounds inflicted through centuries of betrayal by a self-interested government." "Coffee adeptly speaks to the injustices he has known but is quick to find hope and solace in sharing his work: "A simple gesture born out of kindness can stitch hope into a torn heart and turn a dying spirit into a gift to the world. A simple gesture born out of kindness may be the only coin that the lost and lonely soul has left to give to another in need. A Scar Upon Our Voice is my simple gesture.""--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Mary Burritt Christiansen poetry series
- Uniform Title
- Mary Burritt Christiansen poetry series.
- Contents
- Laughter of our children -- Indian child - poetry of an undying spirit -- Voice -- He used to be a damn good ... -- Voices in the water -- Loneliness -- Birth -- The beauty of our lives -- Raindrop to rainbow -- Gift -- Something I lost -- In from the cold -- Freedom -- The lonely gifted traveler -- I hear a drum calling me -- Sevenstars -- Summer of '74 -- No other way -- Say this -- Truce on the eagle's path -- Touched by a little sadness -- My place beyond sadness -- Walking with crystal -- Nothing special -- Missing you -- It's not over yet -- Cedar Street Rez -- The stone has a heart -- A whisper of freedom -- Cries-out-with-soft-words -- The dove -- Older brother - fishing -- Poem to sister -- Biscuit -- Beans -- The mourning dove's honor -- Dream -- The artists and the singers -- Dream #2 -- Rivers and teardrops -- Wind across this land -- Song of the sky -- Searching -- Crossroads -- Children of tomorrow -- Prayer -- Endless void -- Compromised heart -- Anti-system Indian -- Sacrifice of our silence -- Faith is a struggle -- Warrior-child -- Warriors of this time -- Seasons of our lives -- Warriors slay the predator -- Chant of life -- A heart moved -- The eagle and the cross -- The blood of a warrior -- Shattered silence -- Within her eyes -- Walk with me -- Gravediggers be warned -- The spirit of struggle -- Warriors' song -- Better to give than receive -- Seek and you will find -- Simply changing the world -- We are all words -- The path of hope -- Voice of the system -- Shadow of death -- Crystal -- To touch the wind -- The sounds of morning coming -- The blood part I -- The blood part II -- The blood part III -- The lesson of life taught by a hard world -- Existential warrior -- Innocent sadness -- The brotherhood is understood -- Honor the old -- Old one - your voice stirs Cherokee spirits -- Cherokee dad -- Teachings of the old ones -- Grandpa - the whitebird -- Whitebird creates a poet -- Caution : this letter has been sent by an inmate of the world -- Old warrior-lady -- When I am gone -- Must never forget -- The pistol or the poem -- A scar upon our voice -- The call of God.
- ISBN
- 0826336299 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005012478
- OCLC
- 60323417
- ocm60323417
- SCSB-5217683
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries