A Scar Upon Our Voice
Contributors: V. B. Price (Foreword)
Series: Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: November 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780826336293
Subjects: Works by individual poets: from c 1900 -; Poetry; Literary Criticism; American - General; Poetry / Single Author / American; Indians of North America
Description: ""You can take from me what you will, but you cannot touch the words of my heart," declares author Robin Coffee in the introduction to A Scar Upon Our Voice. In this autobiographical poetry collection, Coffee explores the aftershocks of growing up as an American Indian in a country that has marginalized his cultural identity. Coffee relinquishes his alienation, anger, and his desire to heal wounds inflicted through centuries of betrayal by a self-interested government."

"Coffee adeptly speaks to the injustices he has known but is quick to find hope and solace in sharing his work: "A simple gesture born out of kindness can stitch hope into a torn heart and turn a dying spirit into a gift to the world. A simple gesture born out of kindness may be the only coin that the lost and lonely soul has left to give to another in need. A Scar Upon Our Voice is my simple gesture.""--Jacket.