By Flapper Press Poetry Café:
The Flapper Press Poetry Café continues a series of articles about favorite lines of poetry and the poets who wrote them. We’re reaching out to poets, writers, and lovers of poetry to submit their favorite lines of poetry and tell us why you love them.
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This week, our submission comes from Amy Arnold Brown.
From Amy Arnold Brown:
My favorite lines of poetry come from Native American poet Diane Willie's poem "Eunice":
“Often the hunters heard Bear Woman’s father singing lullabies.
The lullabies echoed through the woods and demanded to be heard.
… Afterwards, it did not snow for several years,
and the woods mourned for lack of lullabies.”
— Diane Willie, “Eunice," from Sharp Rocks
Why these poetry lines matter to me:
We rarely think of how potent the smallest things we do are. When singing lullabies to our child, they make all the difference to that small life, as well as to everyone who hears them. When we do anything with others in mind, to share what we have in any way, our labor is blessed, and our joy is multiplied. We come away with much more than when we started.
Diane Willie is an instructor at the Native American Community Academy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She graduated from Haskell Indian Nations University with an associates degree and the University of Kansas with a bachelor's degree in Education. She has pursued graduate studies in Creative Writing and Education. She is from the Navajo tribe of New Mexico. Her favorite authors are Leslie Marmon Silko and Louise Erdrich.
Diane’s chapbook, Sharp Rocks, was published by Mammoth Publications.
To read Annie Newcomer's extensive interview and poetry feature about Diane Willie for the Flapper Press Poetry Café, click here.
Amy Arnold Brown:
I am the daughter of a dentist, born in Miami, Florida. I was raised in the Methodist church. I spent much of my adult life as a dental hygienist, and many of those years were spent in London, England, as my husband practiced international law. I have one son and two grandsons.
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