Poem I once published in Chapter House Journal.
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🏔️ "Buot eallá" means "everything is alive", referring to the ancient Sámi belief that nature possess a soul.
🎶 A modern example of Sámi yoik.
#SamiDiaspora #indigenous
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Book cover with Lavvu tent frame in field of snow with sun and shadows.
Author holding poetry book on beach in Alaska with dog in backyard.
Poetry about the Samí diaspora in the US. We are here in THIS country now! Samí are the indigenous peoples of Sapmi—Norway, Finland, Sweden & Russia. Yes! Diversity, Equity & Inclusion!
#PoetsofBlueSky #Alaska #Alaskan #poetry #SamiDiaspora
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Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap—my poetry collection’s book trailer! (2022) Celebrate one of the fed gov banned words—Woman (Women). University of Alaska Press, Alaska Literary Series.
#AlaskaBlueSky #Alaska #SamiDiaspora
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My poem is in this fine anthology! You need this book! Your body needs this book!
#Alaskanpoet #indigenouspoet #Samidiaspora #Alaskan #Blueskypoets
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Poet Vivian Faith Prescott holds up her (my) poetry book on a beach in southeast Alaska. Brown and white border collie lies on beach in background.
Cover of poetry book Old Woman With Berries in Her Lap depicts a snowy field in shadows and the frame of a Sami lavvu (tent).
International Women’s Day! Support women’s poetry—Old Woman With Berries in Her Lap. 📕 upcolorado.com/university-o...
#AlaskanPoet #womenpoets #poetsofbluesky #AlaskaBlueSky #Alaska #poetry #Internationalwomensday #AlaskaSky #SamiDiaspora
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March 8th 2025–International Women’s Day! 🎶 For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.
🎶 “Keep on dancing, váhkaran
Dance away the sadness
We know how they talk
But today, we won’t care.”
#SamiDiaspora #Alaska #internationalwomensday #Alaskan
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Sami national flag. One half on right is blue & other half on left is red with two stripes of green & yellow in center & overtop is a circle in center. Nature colors. Circle is the sun & moon. Sami are people of the sun.
Lihkku sámi álbmotbeivviin! Happy Sámi National Day!
Sámi flag colors red, blue, green & yellow. Traditional colors on Sámi clothing. Circle symbolizes sun in red, & moon in blue. The yellow & the green are symbols of nature & animals.
#SamiNationalDay #Samidiaspora #Sami #Alaska #indigenous
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🎶 One of my favorite yoikers! Marja Mortensson!
#Sami #indigenousBlueSky #indigenouspeoples #indigenousmusic #yoik #Samidiaspora
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“Mari Boine Takes the Number One Spot on Transglobal World Music Chart for January 2025.”
“Mu eadni / Mother of Mine is a song of love and lament for the woman who gave me life, and for all women who suffer under systems that shame and subordinate them.”
#SamiDiaspora #SamiAmerican #sami
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🎄”The Sami Christmas customs can be traced back to the old Sami pre-Christian religion – noaidevuohta.”
#SamiDiaspora #Sami #AlaskaSami
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Here’s my poem from my Poetry files ❄️. This one appeared in A Minor magazine. In this series I’m using a variety of Sámi (north Sami dialect) words for snow for the poems titles & also for inspiration.
#Blueskypoets #poets #poetry #Alaska #AlaskaSky #Samidiaspora
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