Village Boy – Poem

Village Boy – Poem

When my parents, Henry and Claribel Davis both accepted teaching jobs in Juneau in 1970 it was a dramatic shift for a “village boy.” Back then it was culture shock for me. It wasn’t easy. I listened to and took to heart comments about small town...
Topsy (Charles Johnson) Poem: Reconstruction

Topsy (Charles Johnson) Poem: Reconstruction

Last time I was in Kake, I read some poems at a community talent show, and I had told my sisters I would read my “Topsy poem” but once I was limited on time so I read shorter works. So here is the poem I didn’t get to read: Reconstruction (For Uncle...

Poetry

Publications Into the Storm. Orca Press, 1984In the Dreamlight: Twenty One Alaskan Writers. Copper Canyon Press, 1984Alaska Quarterly Review, Vol. 4. University of Alaska Anchorage, 1986Harper”s Anthology of Twentieth Century Native American Poetry. Harper &...