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A review by lauren_endnotes
River Woman by Katherena Vermette
4.0
dear settler
you get to pretend your ancestors
weren't given free land
a good start
strong equipment
hand outs
your grandparents took with begging hands
and help
from neighboring indians
who knew how to
hunt
make
plant
and get to pretend it didn't happen like this
but it did
we can't pretend
it doesn't matter
Vermette's poetry collection river woman was a quiet whisper that gained and rushed into a roar. Sparse words heavy with meaning. The second half of this collection was my favorite.
you get to pretend your ancestors
weren't given free land
a good start
strong equipment
hand outs
your grandparents took with begging hands
and help
from neighboring indians
who knew how to
hunt
make
plant
and get to pretend it didn't happen like this
but it did
we can't pretend
it doesn't matter
Vermette's poetry collection river woman was a quiet whisper that gained and rushed into a roar. Sparse words heavy with meaning. The second half of this collection was my favorite.