Sleeps with Knives

Naked Jesus? Oh, hell, I write down everything.

Welcome to the shiny new edition of my deep secret lands of poetry... and of course prose... and a few short memoir pieces from my chapbook "Becoming."

One of my rules for writing: Don't repeat yourself. Excuse me in this volumebecause some of my words are yelled and repeated for effect.

This may sound RATHER funny but I do not consider myself a poet but I string together GOOD WORDS, like hip hop poetry, my own alchemy. In this way the pen (and my keyboard) is my weapon, a form of exorcism or retribution for what really happened.

On many occasions I call my poet self "Sleeps with Knives" because I have met sharks and monsters.

Maybe you met some, too.

There is big danger out there. We must all learn to navigate better.

...the words/poems are dreams, crispy wisps of truth.

Ever think of humans as part of an experiment? I do.

We're like elephants on a short chain. Mentally we don't think we can move.

In this regard, we think small.

I don't like it that I'm starting to shorten everything I write.

She is a multi-genre author, poet, journalist and activist. Her work is heavily focused on Native Americans and Native American adoption issues. Trace (as poet) is thinking about Psycho Playboys as a theme for a new work.

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