Issue no. 1 | dawnlandvoices

Dawnland Voices 2015 Submissions

A Voice from Deer Island An interpretation of the actual sufferings and doings of a Christianized, Praying Town Indian from Massachusetts...

Weaver Weaver by weaver, Up and under each standard Up and under As my hand moves in rhythm A figure starts to emerge A figure of the...

Sequence of Life I held on to your soul While you sold Your last celestial breath To the skies and all her stars. We sat before the...

Rooted Beings Living, dying, quietly I sit here recording these silent lives in my memory. Few pay attention leaving these rooted...

Russell Bassett (Passamaquoddy) has been writing and sharing his poetry for years, and appeared in the print version of Dawnland Voices. ...

I was born in Eskasoni, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, but call Maine my home. Wabanaki is my territory and I am proud of my Wabanaki...

AWASSOS/Bear Song ©Abena Songbird Kodiak bears spear trout sending grand arches of spray, silver flecks dotting their matted lake fur...

Pine Street “Faith! Faith-eeeee! Where are you?” My earliest memory [I think I was three going to be four soon] is that of my mother...

Turquoise and Steel Here I am Using anxious hands to create fluorescent lines Like moths desperately searching for light, I hunt for...

Mind of its Own My mind is always thinking it has a mind of its own it wanders when it’s wondering but finds its way back home It chases...