POET OF THE WEEK
Carter Anderson
Week of March 5
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STRAWBERRY WATER
To Carter from Mikey
the water tastes as good as strawberries.
the water looks as nice as strawberries too.
nothing is sweeter than you!
STRAWBERRY WATER
To Carter from Mikey
the water tastes as good as strawberries.
the water looks as nice as strawberries too.
nothing is sweeter than you!
SHÁKW HÉENI
Carter kha Mikey jeeyís
Héen khaa xh’éi yak’éi shákw yáxh.
Héen khaa wakhghaa yatee tsú, shákw yáxh.
Hél daa sá i yáanáxh úlnúkts!
Carter Anderson 3, Samoan
Translated to Tlingit by Ishmael Hope, Khaagwáask', and Ruth Demmert, Khaanákh, Tlingit Elder of Khéexh' Khwáan, the people of Kake
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