Poem: Song for the Generations: December 26
Song for the Generations: December 26
by Gwen Nell Westerman
we rise
together
singing
our prayer
as one
hear us
we are
here
standing
at the
center
see us
we do
this
today so
our people
will live
tomorrow
we offer
our
hands
as human
beings
remember us
Gwen Nell Westerman (she/her) is a Dakota poet, a visual artist, and a distinguished faculty scholar at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is the poet laureate of Minnesota. “Song for the Generations: December 26,” is reprinted by permission from Songs, Blood Deep, published by Holy Cow! Press, holycowpress.org
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