1 25 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource All Anthology Poems Description An account of the resource <p>This is a collection of all poems currently available to read in the Anthology. To browse poems by author identity tags, <a href="https://waqueeranth.omeka.net/tag-index" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">visit the tag index</a> or <a href="https://waqueeranth.omeka.net/items/search" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">try our advanced search</a>.</p> Poem Contains text information about individual contributors to the anthology. Text Any textual data included in the document Cloaked in cascading green<br />Weeper and Watcher of the forest,<br />I know where you live. <br />Since the first time my eyes held you, <br />I was drawn to you irresistibly.<br />You stand with the wind waving gently. <br />Your enchantment swirls on the breeze, <br />grips me. Tugs me closer. <br />And closer still. <br />Until my surging veins and squirming heart thump <br />against your deep layers, rings of life. <br />Our exhales rise together.<br />Our hair long and wet with the pacific, <br />but yours, yours is ancient, igniting visions, <br />raising prayers in the dark shadows that dance with your shade.<br />I hear secrets about burials and births whispered under your boughs.<br />I tell you one of mine, about the bruise deep in my belly that never heals. <br />When it becomes too heavy<br />I fly to your branches.<br />Collapsing into your comfort. <br />My salty sorrows expressed make way for waxing surrender.<br />When I return to you I return to me, <br />soothing medicine the ancestors knew well.<br />My fingertips drip down your bark, <br />pressing appreciation into your feathery fineness.<br />We share tenderness. We trade silence. <br />Looking between the worlds.<br />For the pathways towards an<br />inexhaustible deepening into homeness<br /><div style="text-align:right;"><br />— <a href="https://waqueeranth.omeka.net/items/show/82">Lou Thompson (they/them)</a></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thuja plicata (Lata’wi to the Chehalis) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lou Thompson (they/them) Author Tag: agender Author Tag: anarchist Author Tag: Folk magic practitioner Author Tag: nonbinary Author Tag: pansexual Author Tag: parent Author Tag: queer Author Tag: Rural community member Author Tag: white Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Contributing Authors Description An account of the resource <p>This is a collection of all authors who have contributed to the Anthology. To browse authors by identities, <a href="https://waqueeranth.omeka.net/tag-index" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">visit the tag index</a> or <a href="https://waqueeranth.omeka.net/items/search" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">try our advanced search</a>.</p> Author Contains a poem written in plain text. Author Biography Biographical information about a person. Raised on Ishak prairie lands near Bayou Nezpique in what became known as Acadiana, Lou now resides at Thimbleberry Haven in the PNW. They grew up reciting poetry about ponies and holding hands with trees. In all they do, they aim to honor their intradependence with all living beings. Poems List of poems attributed to the author. <ul><li><a href="https://waqueeranth.omeka.net/items/show/83">Thuja plicata (Lata/wi to the Chehalis)</a></li> </ul> Region The region of Washington State in which the author lives or has lived. Southwest Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lou Thompson (they/them) Author Tag: agender Author Tag: anarchist Author Tag: Folk magic practitioner Author Tag: nonbinary Author Tag: pansexual Author Tag: parent Author Tag: queer Author Tag: Rural community member Author Tag: white