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    #IndianLovePoems
    #IndianLovePoems
    #IndianLovePoems
    Ebook143 pages52 minutes

    #IndianLovePoems

    By Tenille K. Campbell

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    The poetic speaker, a First Nations Donna Giovanni, relates stories of her search for The One, or even better, that One-Night-Stand, in heated lines that fearlessly shed light on the intimacy and honesty that may arise even from the most fleeting encounter, leading to reflection on the complexities of sex, race, culture, and intention within relationships.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSignature Editions
    Release dateOct 10, 2018
    ISBN9781773240435
    #IndianLovePoems
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    Tenille K. Campbell

    Tenille Campbell is a Dene/Métis author and photographer from English River First Nation in Northern Saskatchewan. She completed her MFA in Creative Writing at UBC and is currently starting her fourth year of PhD studies at the University of Saskatchewan, focusing on Indigenous Literature. She is the owner and artist behind sweetmoon photography, a successful photography business that specializes in photographing Indigenous people. She has published poetry in Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous Americas (University of Arizona Press, Ed. Allison Hedge Coke), and photography in Urban Tribes: Native Americans in the City and Dreaming in Indian (Annick Press, Eds. Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy). Current creative projects include #KissingIndigenous, a photography series focusing on the act of intimacy within Indigenous couples. She is also the creator of tea&bannock, an online collective blog featuring the photographs and stories of Indigenous women photographers throughout Canada. Storytelling - be it with ink, voice or photographs - is the life for her.

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      #IndianLovePoems - Tenille K. Campbell

      #2

      it’s an indian love affair

      driving a beat-up truck

      on dusty rez roads

      listening to

      his kid, my kid, and our kid

      giggle in the backseat

      johnny cash on the radio

      windows rolled down

      his hand holds mine

      squeezes as he sings along

         tone

      -deaf

      but still

      the sweetest time

      #76

      I remember your Dene lips

      luscious lips

      big thick lips

      moose lips

      that kissed your name

      down my hips

      I remember seeing stars

      align on your cheekbones

      dreams and secret wishes

      just beneath tanned skin

      that bore my bruised kisses

      hickeys

      hickeys everywhere

      I remember

      what you forgot

      #114

      I love you

      my Cree lover

      you and your cheek-

      bones that beckon my lips

      day and night

      I love you

      my Cree lover

      the way you stake your claim

      on my body

      day and night

      I don’t love

      your mother

      #64

      Cree Man

      you are the salt and pepper

      in my moose meat stew

      the one i need

      for spice in my life

      Cree Man

      you are the loudest bingo

      caller in the hall

      your voice echoes through the rafters

      of my urbanized heart

      Cree Man

      i wait for you

      standing behind drum circles

      listening to the high twangs

      calling my name

      Cree Man

      i wait for you

      a double

      double in one hand

      warm fry-bread

      in the other

      #254

      sometimes

      i forget his name

      when i lie beneath him

      arch

         and swallow

      the names of my ancestors

      in the sweet rush of release

      want to moan out loud

      my victory

      and his

      but sometimes

      I forget his name

      #776

      his lips formed

      ancient sounds to beckon

      loon     duck     moose

      cautiously

                      they all came

      nose sniffing     ears flicking

      you expect me to be different

      calls that arched and moved

      sounds that have no meaning

      until directed towards you

      and then

      silent he could be

      and still

      I would come

      he carried my sounds

      within his body

      drawing me in

      now I

      carry his sound

      too silent

      in my mouth

      #204

      okay I was faking

      to make him feel better

      moaning out loud in Dene

      stuff like

      esjie

      dénįgha thot’įné chelekwaze

      hey

      that’s the only Dene I remember

      on short notice

      pêyak nîso nisto nêwo

      muttering out loud

      so he knew

      that he would drive me

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