{"product_id":"cicadas-new-selected-poems-9780985981808","title":"Cicadas: New \u0026 Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Roberta Hill is a poet who understands struggle, and generously imparts her passion for renewal. Her work always stems from the toughness of a compassionate survivor.\"--Louise Erdrich\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCicadas: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems \u003c\/i\u003egathers together seventy-five poems from Roberta Hill's two previous poetery collections, \u003ci\u003eStar Quilt \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePhiladephia Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e, along with a generous selection of new poems, culled from the past thirty years. Roberta's poems are powerful lyrical expressions of love and respect for family, friends, fellow artists with a wide context for contemporary politics especially as protest against imperial governments, class conflicts, and racial injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberta's poems are always informed by her deep knowledge of native culture and respect for the earth and fellow humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou carried the cicada to the alder tree\u003cbr\u003ewhose leafy shadow made the yard an arbor.\u003cbr\u003eAfter you left, his buzz song eased me\u003cbr\u003ethrough lonely afternoons of sun and wind.\u003cbr\u003eDesire changed his skeleton.\u003cbr\u003eDesire--that green shoot in a gut.\u003cbr\u003eThat tendril twining with memory until new life emerges\u003cbr\u003eon the opposite side\u003cbr\u003efrom where we first supposed. He lured his mate\u003cbr\u003eto the arbor. Even after you were gone, \u003cbr\u003eall the years you loved me\u003cbr\u003estill sounded.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberta Hill\u003c\/b\u003e is an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe American Indian Culture and Research Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beloit Poetry Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLuna\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund Award and a Chancellor's Award from the University of Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberta Hill Whiteman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holy Cow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780985981808","brand":"Holy Cow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713698730121,"sku":"9780985981808","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4e4befe7-9fdb-40c7-8403-41e0267fe50c.jpg?v=1719620118","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/cicadas-new-selected-poems-9780985981808","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}