Louise Bernice Halfe

thumb|right|I like to make people uncomfortable... And if my poems do make you uncomfortable, I am so happy, because this means you are waking up and are in the right place. Louise Bernice Halfe, Cree name Sky Dancer, is a Canadian Cree poet. Quotes The land weeps. I am choking.Choking.The buffalo are a mountain of bones.My son is shot for killing their cow. Blue Marrow Bless me, father. I’ve pierced my flesh. Dancedwith the Sun. Bathed my face in blood.I didn’t mean to.Forgive me, father. I ask for absolution.I promise to say my rosary and serve my time.I promise to keep my hands to myself andswallow my tongue. Amen. Blue Marrow Did our Grandmothers know we would be scarred by the fists and boots of men? Our songs taxed, silenced by tongues that speak damnation and burning? Did they know we would turn woman against woman? Did they know some of us would follow, take mates of colour and how the boarding of our worlds would pulse breathing exiles connected to their womb? Did they know only some would dig roots, few hands calloused from tanning? Did they know only a few would know the preparation of moose nose, gopher, beaver-tail feasts? Did they know our memory, our talk would walk on paper, legends told sparingly? Did they know of our struggling hearts? Blue Marrow Interestingly, I wasn’t aware I was writing poetry. I didn’t have a word for it back then or perhaps I just didn’t pay attention. I like to make people uncomfortable... And if my poems do make you uncomfortable, I am so happy, because this means you are waking up and are in the right place. External links Category:1953 births Category:Women authors from Canada Category:Poets from Canada Category:Living people