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poetry: tools, inspiration, and moving forward

By: vera wabegijig February 27, 2018February 12, 2021

creative process, non-fiction, poetrypoetry, poetry workshops, publishing, writing, writing groupsLeave a Comment

Good morning fellow WordPressers and lovers of poetry, words, stories, and images! I thought I’d share some tips and tools to help along your literary path. (Please note that some of these resources are specific to Ontario and/or Canada. Please check your local art councils.) There are many resources for aspiring artists in every artistic…

maamiikwendang – be interested, be appreciative

By: vera wabegijig March 7, 2017December 11, 2020

non-fiction, poetryanishnaabe literature, anishnaabe thought, anishnaabe world view, anishnaabemowin, chris turnball, diversity, multilingual people, north grenville library, ryan's well, unilingual people8 Comments

zhaagnaashag maamiikwendang the canadian people are interested, are appreciative on saturday, i was invited by a local artist, chris turnbull to come read some poetry. ngii zhaa kemptville for freedom to read event at the north grenville library with ndaanis, grace. it was a small group of people. i shared some poetry from wild rice dreams…

anishnaabemowin resource apps

By: vera wabegijig March 2, 2017December 11, 2020

anishnaabemowin, creative process, in the city, non-fiction, storiesanishnaabe, anishnaabemowin, anishnaabemowin apps, anishnaabemowin revival, language revivalLeave a Comment

ziisbaakdooke giizis / sugaring moon / march ziisbaakdooke refers to the making of maple syrup & harvest time niizh giizhgad /day two aanii kina wiya / hello everyone, one of my teachers, jean akiwenzie from neyaashiinigmiin (cape croker first nation community) said, to the anishnaabemowin class that i was in, anishnaabeg always shared knowledge. she…

shkaakaamikwe gnaajwang, na?

By: vera wabegijig March 1, 2017February 13, 2021

anishnaabemowin, creative process, in the city, non-fiction, photography, poetryanishnaabe, anishnaabe literature, anishnaabe poetry, anishnaabemowin, learning a new languageLeave a Comment

ziisbaakdoke giizis – bezhig giizhgad sugaring moon (march) – day one zhaagaanoshmowin / english language mother earth is beautiful? i went for a walk today i went to the store it’s raining, it’s raining it’s raining outside today, the snow is melting what made this mess? sugaring moon (march) is it spring? let’s clean the…

good news – 2017 Chalmers Arts Fellowship Award

By: vera wabegijig February 27, 2017October 10, 2020

non-fiction, poetryanishnaabe, anishnaabemowin, celebrate, chalmers art fellowship, indigenous languages, indigenous literature, ontario arts council, reclaiming, residential schools6 Comments

I’m thrilled to share with you that I am the 2017 recipient of the Chalmers Arts Fellowship Award by the Ontario Arts Council. This fellowship will experiment with innovative poetic techniques while increasing my current anishnaabe/odawa dialect language skills, and the transfer of traditional memory keeping methods. This year long project starts in a couple…

the stars fall – edited version

By: vera wabegijig February 26, 2017May 11, 2022

creative process, non-fiction, poetrywe are stars4 Comments

Is a poem ever done? Do you go back and re-read it and think, “hey, let’s give this another shot.” I have a few poetry mentors who always say, “Rewrite, edit, repeat. Read it out loud. How about word choice? Do you have the right words?” I remember writing this poem last year and was…