Karenne Wood‘s first book of poetry, Markings on Earth (University of Arizona Press), won the North American Native Authors’ First Book Award in 2000. Her second book of poetry, Weaving the Boundary, was published in 2016. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Shenandoah, Orion, and The American Indian Culture and Research Journal. She directs Virginia Indian Programs at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and is affiliated with the University of Virginia.
Spring 2015
The Naming
Some nights we feel the furred darkness
of an ancient one’s breath and are trapped