Talking Stick Issue 12.3

Letter from the Guest Editor | by James Thomas Stevens

She:kon, Skennon'kowa - Greetings in The Great Peace! Warm wishes in this time of blossoms and strawberries, and what better time to pay tribute to Native American poetry, especially to Mohawk poet, Maurice Kenny... click here for more...

Cover Art | by Ernest Paniccioli

Cover image: Graffiti Hall of Fame NYC 2004 by Ernest Paniccioli from his new book They Call It Graffiti to view click here...

At Rumbles In The Heart | by Maurice Kenny

I suppose I should be thinking of death... click here for more...

Waiting As Snow Falls | by Maurice Kenny

new snow, new year... click here for more...

Only Two | by Maurice Kenny

ANCIENT CEREMONY... click here for more...

Ray Fadden In The Adirondacks | by Maurice Kenny

Ray said... click here for more...

Visiting San Francisco | by Maurice Kenny

Just yesterday, like a dog, I pissed... click here for more...

To Sing A Man's Love to You | by Chip Livingston

Day One... click here for more...

How is it | by Chip Livingston

we stopped for directions to Cabo Polonio... click here for more...

To Remove Anger | by Chip Livingston

That man of black wood, that man with the blankets... click here for more...

d | by Orlando White

a fusiform thought: ... click here for more...

g | by Orlando White

from an unfinished circlet or with a trace of another form... click here for more...

p | by Orlando White

signpost: ... click here for more...

Platte Mares | by Allison Hedge Coke

Sandhill cranes rise into spiraled kettles, their... click here for more...

Philosophy | by Allison Hedge Coke

Last night... click here for more...

The Extinct | by d.g. nanouk okpik

and then black and swollen, Tupia... click here for more...

Old Squaw Duck | by d.g. nanouk okpik

Ostracized, a crone cross-breed... click here for more...

A Place of Draught | by d.g. nanouk okpik

And it was. A hungry time but... click here for more...