Dakota Homecoming (Poetry Month)

By Gwen Nell Westerman

 

We are so honored that
              you are here, they said.
We know that this is
             your homeland, they said.
The admission price
             is five dollars, they said.
Here is your button
             for the event, they said.
It means so much to us that
             you are here, they said.
We want to write
             an apology letter, they said.
Tell us what to say.

 

from New Poets of Native Nations, by Gwen Nell Westerman, 2018