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Dragonfly Dance
Michigan State University Press, 2010 eISBN: 978-1-60917-200-8 | Paper: 978-0-87013-982-6 Library of Congress Classification PS3612.A48D73 2010 Dewey Decimal Classification 811.6
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Dragonfly Dance is a collection of poems remarkable for their candor and sense of catharsis. Writing from the vantage point of an American Indian women, Denise Lajimodiere opens a door into the lives of Native girls and women. Her poems often reflect the deep tensions between Native culture and white culture. At recess a White boy Unadorned, direct, and often raw, these riveting poems sear their way into our imaginations, inviting us into a world we might never have known. We are richer for the knowledge. See other books on: American | Native American | Poetry See other titles from Michigan State University Press |
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Dragonfly Dance
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Michigan State University Press, 2010
eISBN: 978-1-60917-200-8
Paper: 978-0-87013-982-6
eISBN: 978-1-60917-200-8
Paper: 978-0-87013-982-6
Dragonfly Dance is a collection of poems remarkable for their candor and sense of catharsis. Writing from the vantage point of an American Indian women, Denise Lajimodiere opens a door into the lives of Native girls and women. Her poems often reflect the deep tensions between Native culture and white culture.
Reflected in Lajimodiere's poems, life is sometimes beautiful but rarely easy. "The Necklace," the narrator details how her mother repaired a favorite beaded necklace, "her arthritic fingers patiently / threading beads / on the long thin needle, weaving / night after night." When the necklace is finally repaired, she wears it to school where
At recess a White boy
ran by, yanked
it off my neck and threw it.
I watched as it ascended
high above the blacktop,
the beads glittered, scattering their light,
a rainbow against gray skies.
Unadorned, direct, and often raw, these riveting poems sear their way into our imaginations, inviting us into a world we might never have known. We are richer for the knowledge.
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