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.