Chaos Inside Thunderstorms draws the audience into the centre of the tumultuous political, socio/economical and historical reality of the First Nations experience in Canada today. It is poetic expression that examines leadership, resilience, honour, shame, and love. It examines the issues implicit in the Idle No More Movement and the Truth and Reconciliation conferences. Although the book speaks of age-old themes, it explores them through fresh modern eyes. Eloquent and witty, these poems are power-packed with imagery that uncovers the raw politics of race. There is nothing polite about them.
Record details
ISBN:9781553803263 (pbk.)
Physical Description:125 p. ; 23 cm. print
Publisher:Vancouver, B.C. : Ronsdale Press, 2014.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
Chaos. In the forest -- Tk'emlu'ps -- High priests -- Idle No More -- Rendered natural -- Chaos -- Dogs of war -- Deaf heaven -- Residential schools -- There are no chiefs anymore -- Activism -- Starkly reverberated -- From Columbus to Monsanto -- Mining and war -- English -- Ceremonial humiliation -- Forgotten soldiers -- Our women -- Abandonment of the essential self -- The Indian Act -- Because -- Open sights -- Theresa and Stephen -- Inside. Inside -- Questions -- When I was an Indian -- Crows and back alleys -- Infinite -- A dream poem -- When you forget -- The death of a hero -- This death is different -- The storyteller -- Dead girls talk -- Cultural norms -- The hide-tanner's odyssey -- The highway of tears -- Shanks and tattoo guns -- Doomed -- Elements of novel study -- Shame -- John Wayne -- Dime store -- A child of our own -- Secret weapon -- Thunderstorms. Thunderstorms -- Naropa days -- Faith -- Grandchildren -- Inside out -- Yours -- Creative prerequisites -- Dangerous words : the trio -- Venus and the rez boy lover -- If I -- Vail -- The art of dialing -- Koyoti rain -- Koyoti sky story -- Honey talk -- Falling snow -- Dancing silly.