21st-Century Meditation
Kim Shuck, Warrior Trout (2016), 15/0 glass seed beads on brain-tanned hide, 9 x 2.5 in / Courtesy of the artist and Doug Salin Photography
Memory spirits give me days full of
Words I’ve forgotten or
Never been taught the
Language in my cells that won’t come out
Daughters of memory and
Patricide I
Practice making their shapes with my tongue against teeth a
Story of soundless singing a
Meditation I am
Stone I am
Cracked stone
Editorial note: Warrior Trout has been selected as the winning artwork entry for the twenty-fifth anniversary Returning the Gift conference (October 8–11, 2017), which will coincide with Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the University of Oklahoma.
