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LEE MARACLE


The Rusty Toque | Issue 10 | Poetry | June 30, 2016

Archer's body

 
is a bow
bending backward
inspiring desire
to move
to clown
to upstage your own sense of trickery
 
Sometimes you just want to pluck his string.
Some sons are trees
 
Quiet mist magic memory oddly named sequoia
General somebody or other who killed us
killed his own
killed worlds
then came to rest a crest on this man-tree
 
cedar
not redwood - sequoia
cedar to me
 
this man-tree who does not know how to die
cannot kill
only lives
through fire
lightning
flooding lonely nights and time
 
his feet-roots poised to leave any moment
bear paw knuckles and toes edging the earth
itching to run,
to hide
to play
to gambol through stored memories
to dance and sing me tales
 
I listen from a round of dried tibacco
Feel words
stones really do sing
dinosaurs were quiet people
most of them just left one day
went home
then we came
 
it was the first commercial trade we ever made
LEE MARACLE is the author of a number of critically acclaimed literary works including: Sojourner’s and Sundogs [collected work of novel and short stories], Polestar/Raincoast, Ravensong [novel], Bobbi Lee[autobiographical novel], Daughters Are Forever, [novel] Will’s Garden [young adult novel], Bent Box [poetry], I Am Woman [creative non-fiction], and is the co-editor of a number of anthologies including the award winning publication, My Home As I Remember [anthology] Natural Heritage books. She is also co-editor and contributor of Telling It: Women and Language across Culture [conference proceedings]. Ms. Maracle is published in anthologies and scholarly journals worldwide. Ms. Maracle was born in North Vancouver and is a member of the Sto: Loh nation.  The mother of four and grandmother of seven Maracle is currently an instructor at the University of Toronto. She is also the Traditional Teacher for First Nation’s House and instructor with the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and the S.A.G.E. [Support for Aboriginal Graduate Education] as well as the Banff Centre for the Arts writing instructor.  In 2009, Maracle received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from St.  Thomas University. Maracle recently received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for her work promoting writing among Aboriginal Youth. Maracle has served as Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, and the University of Western Washington. Celia’s song [novel]. Work in progress Memory Serves and other Words [creative non-fiction].  Just received the Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.
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