Dr. Deidra Suwanee Dees | MUSCOGEE PEARLS

MUSCOGEE PEARLS

thin strand

………… loose end waving

from the magnolia leaf,

clear water droplets
………… in beaded
………… succession

line up on the spider’s strand
as dew

retreats from first light;

Muscogee pearls

invisible to
………… COVID-nineteen

 

Author’s Bio

Dr. Deidra Suwanee Dees/family descend from Hotvlkvlke (Wind Clan), following Muscogee stompdance traditions. She is Director/Tribal Archivist at Poarch Band of Creek Indians. A Cornell and Harvard graduate, she teaches Native American Studies at University of South Alabama. She adopted shelter pets who are venerated family members. Heleswv heres, mvto.