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The Hundred-Year Flood

This event in "Postcolonial Love Poem" wakes the desert from its slumber and creates new life.

Scorpions

These creatures function as a metaphor for the pain and bitterness inside the speaker of "Blood-Light."

Stars

These objects, in "Blood-Light," are seen in personified groupings such as Orion.

Clay

This substance is the material from which life is created in "These Hands, If Not Gods."

Prometheus

This figure from Ancient Greek mythology create humans from clay and then gave them the gift of fire.

The Bullet

This object, in "Chasing Copper," conveys the high rate of violent death young men of color face in America.

The Desire Field

This place is the metaphorical setting of the speaker's insomnia.

Bulls

These creatures function as a metaphor for strong people, often those who are experiencing some kind of distress.

Sweetgrass

This plant is considered sacred by many Native nations...

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