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Re-seeding Hope in Life Sustainers

Rematriation of Colonial-Patriarchal Food Ways

to shape, to harmonize, to act in integrity

ACTION, POWER, FUNCTION

Dear Mater, Mr. Mountain

Poetry read at Hatch Gallery, Feb 2023 Climate Grief exhibition.

Authentic Self

(poetry presented at Vancouver Fruit Tree Project wrap up event 10.12.24)

Mother

(poetry presented at Vancouver Fruit Tree Project wrap up event 10.12.24)

thunder storm dreams

on the shores of Lago de Izabal

Arguedas Tour: Abancay

To get from Puquio to Abancay, 300km or so further inland, on the road to Cusco, you have first to cross a long stretch of puna, or high-altitude moorland, that divides the southern tip of Ayacucho from Apurímac. Here, at … Continue reading

Arguedas Tour: Chimbote

I took an overnight bus to Chimbote, a small coastal city that is just over 400km, from Lima, a little more than a third of the distance to Ecuador. I arrived about 6am, and though the bus station is some … Continue reading

Arguedas Tour: La agraria

It was some time ago that I first came up with the idea of an “Arguedas Tour”: a trip through (mostly) Peru’s Southern Andes that would include as many as possible of the places associated with writer José María Arguedas. … Continue reading