Tag: Reclaiming Posey from the Clay and Releasing the Voice to the Air: A Translation

Author’s note: I have been reading a lot of indigenous poetry since November is Native American Heritage Month.  One thing that struck me is the Native American poet’s need to adopt Western poetics- rhyme, rhythm, meter, formal stanza- in order to find acceptance with a white reading audience.  The poems of Alexander Posey (yes, that…