Light as Light Pekuakamiulnuatsh The pervasive and growing presence

The pervasive and growing presence of extreme economic inequality in America is a worsening condition

Four legged

Two-Spirit people are reclaiming their place in Native nations

I gave my Antelope Woman her wise wildness

the grass that grew a little through the night

Light as Light Pekuakamiulnuatsh The pervasive and growing presenceLight As Light is acclaimed poet Simon J. Ortizs first collection in twenty years. The poems in this volume celebrate the wonders and joy of love in the present while also looking back with both humorous and serious reflections on youth and the stories, scenes, people, and places that shape a persons life. Light As Light brims with giddy, wistful long distance love poems that offer a dialogue between the speaker and his beloved. Written in Ortizs