The Establishment Poet
The establishment poet writes poems with subtle rhymes and gentle wit that has no bite and beautiful, reassuring lines about how you are loved and the world is kind— lines you might find printed on…
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Rena Priest
Rena Priest is a member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She is the incumbent Washington State Poet Laureate and Maxine Cushing Gray Distinguished Writing Fellow. Priest is also the recipient of an Allied Arts Foundation Professional Poets Award, an American Book Award, and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, Nia Tero, The Vadon Foundation, and Indigenous Nations Poets. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.
Suit’ u I’yes Slh’tenexwen [1]
This used to be a garden, before the strangers came with strange beliefs. They claimed to be cursed with something they called original sin, but blessed with something else, called dominion over the whole living…