Wyampum Poetry
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Welcome to Wyampum Poetry. Over the years I wrote poetry on social media and contributed poems to LastRealIndians. The poetry is how I relate to the world and in relation to the various dynamics indigenous people experience. It is my intent to grow and collaborate with other artists in the future. For now please share and hope you enjoy.
Denied Phone Call
This poem is about the fear of hearing bad news. With a extended and large kinship there was a time where death was a constant occurrence and I repres...
Three Sided Coin
A Yakama tribal member whose both a shaker and proclaimed follower of "unwritten law" berated my attempt at dialogue and conversation by stating I had...
Letter To The Creator
This poem was written spring of 2015. I had learned about my father's indigenous name not being traded back and also not even being told about his nam...
Matrilineal Devotion
The buy native campaign and hundred percent native business out of Seattle has acted as if there was no living culture before they introduced their id...
Dried Roped Cone
On the Yakama Indian Reservation and the neighboring Benton County make the majority of the world's hops. Although sovereignty status is thrown around...
Intro & Ring Like A Cedar Tree
This poem is about identity and self-worth and searching to regain purpose by having the love of matrilineal lineage.