EVERY POEM HAS ANCESTORS- an article from the PARIS REVIEW

N. SCOTT MOMADAY. PHOTO: DARREN VIGIL GRAY.EVERY

N. SCOTT MOMADAY: recipient of the 2021 Hadada Award

“In this time of a virus roaming methodically across the earth, infecting the earth’s population, this poem centers us in the natural world, and declares a healing. I imagine the voice of Earth speaking the first stanza. The Earth, and all beings, are always moving toward healing. This poem reminds us.” PARIS REVIEW

“The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee”

I am a feather on the bright sky
I am the blue horse that runs in the plain
I am the fish that rolls, shining, in the water
I am the shadow that follows a child
I am the evening light, the lustre of meadows
I am an eagle playing with the wind
I am a cluster of bright beads
I am the farthest …read full poem