Title:
Ocean power : poems from the desert / Ofelia Zepeda.
Author:
Zepeda, Ofelia.
Publication Information:
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1995.
Call Number:
POETRY ZEPEDA 1995
Abstract:
A prominent poet presents a collection centering on her experiences growing up in a Tohono O'Odham family, and her profound appreciation for the seasons and desert climate.
ISBN:
9780816515172
9780816515417
Series:
Sun tracks ; v. 32
Sun tracks ; v. 32.
Physical Description:
vi, 89 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Part 1: Pulling down the clouds -- Part 2: Irrigation ditches -- Part 3: The pleasant cold -- Part 4: Ocean power.
Introduction: Things That Help Me Begin to Remember -- Pulling Down the Clouds -- O'odham Dances -- Ju:ki Ne'i -- Na:nko Ma:s Cewagi/Cloud Song -- Wind -- Black Clouds -- The Floods of 1993 and Others -- Cewagi -- The Man Who Drowned in the Irrigation Ditch -- Her Hair Is Her Dress -- Hair Stolen -- Don't Be Like the Enemy -- Long Hair -- Hairpins -- Bury Me with a Band -- Suitcase of Saints -- Kots -- Hot Tortillas -- Waila Music -- Deer Dance Exhibition -- Uncle Stories -- One-Sided Conversation -- Musical Retrospective -- People on Wayward Journeys (Russian Thistle, Russian Tumbleweed) -- Ba:ban Ganhu Ge Ci:pia -- Dog Dreams -- Morning Air -- The South Corner -- Kitchen Sink -- Lard for Moisturizer -- Moon Games -- Like a Picture Postcard -- Under the Sea -- Ka:cim Su:dagi -- Ocean Power -- Afterword: On the Tohono O'odham.
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