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John, Hershman R., 1972-

I swallow turquoise for courage : poems / by Hershman R. John.

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2007.

viii, 101 pages ; 23 cm.

In poems that exude the warmth of an afternoon in the southwestern sun, Hershman John draws readers into a world both familiar and utterly new. Raised on a reservation and in boarding schools, then educated at a state university, John writes as a contemporary Navajo poet. His is a new voice--one that understands life on both sides of the canyon that divides, but does not completely separate, the Dine people from their neighbors who live outside the reservation.

Sun tracks ; v. 61

Sun tracks ; v. 61.

Indians of North America -- Poetry.

Poetry.

TWO BODIES OF ELEMENTS. Two bodies of elements -- Coyote's eyes -- A sheep dog locked in photograph -- Wooden duck -- POST-MODERNITY IN KAYENTA. Watering the sheep -- Post-modernity in Kayenta -- My feminist grandmother -- Man living on the rock -- Coyote's ad infinitum -- A '49 love chant -- A postcard from Van Gogh -- Storm patterns -- MORE COYOTE STORIES ... The dark world -- Gambling a good night away -- A strong male rain -- Coyote took her class -- Spider woman's children -- The rottweiler -- Refusing to be blessed -- She is ready to weave -- Four day, four nights -- THEORY OF LIGHT. A sheep dog laments -- Buffalo head nickel -- Theory of light -- The blue world -- Grandmother moon -- Canyons echo grandma -- In between.

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