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es and cultures restoring native schools and tribal governments planting heritage seeds and decolonizing your diets blockading pipelines and protesting mining fighting for renewable energy and a sustainable future native cousins i see you now dancing chanting drumming rapping writing researching publishing digitizing animating filming video gaming and revitalizing your ancestral stories i hear and honor your voices 7 i come from an island and you come from a continent yet let us gather today and share our stories of hurt our stories of healing i hope seven generations from now our descendants will continue interweaving our struggles i hope the stories we share today and in the future will carry us towards sovereign horizons ode to soy sauce fina denne 04 18 2018 04 18 2018 csperez08 1 comment published in prairie schooner volume 90 number 4 winter 2016 pp 12 16 article spam s carbon footprint ii 04 18 2018 04 18 2018 csperez08 1 comment published in prairie schooner volume 90 number 4 winter 2016 pp 12 16 article the birth of guam poem 08 12 2017 csperez08 leave a comment the birth of guam guam was born on march 6 1521 when ferdinand magellan arrived in the womb of humåtak bay and delivered us into the calloused hands of modernity guam is where western imperialism in the pacifc begins st helena augusta tayuyute ham pray for us the annual reenactment of discovery day is a must see for all tourists chamorros dressed as our ancestors welcome chamorros dressed as the galleon crew after the bloody performance enjoy local food walking tours live reggae bands and fireworks guam was adopted on december 10 1898 when the treaty of paris was signed and spain ceded us to the united states guam is where america s western frontier begins guam was declared an unincorporated territory on may 27 1901 when the supreme court insular cases decided that the u s constitution does not follow its flag guam is where america s logic of territorial incorporation ends guam was kidnapped on december 8 1941 when japan bombed invaded and occupied us guam is where the greater east asia co prosperity sphere begins on july 21 1944 the u s armed forces returned and defeated the japanese military guam was naturalized on august 1 1950 when the organic act bestowed u s citizenship upon us guam is where america s passports begin guam was pimped out on may 1 1967 when pan american world airways arrived with the first 109 japanese tourists the guam visitors bureau birthed a new marketing slogan guam is where america s day begins since guam is located 2 000 miles west of the international dateline we instagram the sunrise before anyone in the fifty states for the past 30 years a straw poll on guam has accurately predicted u s presidential elections even though our votes don t actually count in the electoral college guam is where america s voting rights end this ironic streak ended in 2016 when hillary clinton received 70 of the ballots cast on guam yet donald trump still won notmycolonizerinchief st thomas more tayuyute ham after the election we begin the countdown to super bowl monday a sacred day when all chamorros leave work and school in procession to the altar of the television st sebastian tayuyute ham i attended george washington high school on guam but i often skipped english class because the haole teacher made us memorize boring canonical verse guam is where america s poetry begins sorry not sorry if i threw everyone s rhyme and meter off family trees poem 08 11 2017 csperez08 leave a comment family trees for the 2016 guam soil and water conservation districts educator symposium 1 before we enter the jungle my dad asks permission of the spirits who dwell within he walks slowly with care to teach me like his father taught him how to show respect then he stops and closes his eyes to teach me how to listen ekungok as the winds exhale and billow the canopy tremble the understory and conduct the wild orchestra of all breathing things 2 niyok lemmai ifit yoga nunu he chants in a tone of reverence calling forth the names of each tree each elder who has provided us with food and medicine clothes and tools canoes and shelter like us they grew in dark wombs sprouted from seeds were nourished by the light like us they survived the storms of conquest like us roots anchor them to this island giving breath giving strength to reach towards the pacific sky and blossom 3 when you take my dad says take with gratitude and never more than what you need he teaches me the phrase eminent domain which means theft means to turn a place of abundance into a base of destruction the military uprooted trees with bulldozers paved the fertile earth with concrete and planted toxic chemicals and ordnances in the ground barbed wire fences spread like invasive vines whose only fruit are the cancerous tumors that bloom on every branch of our family tree 4 today the military invites us to collect plants and trees within areas of litekyan slated to be cleared for impending construction fill out the appropriate forms and wait 14 business days for a background and security check if we receive their permission they ll escort us to the site so we can mark and claim what we want delivered to us after removal they say this is a benevolent gesture but why does it feel like a cruel reaping 5 one tree my dad never showed me is the endangered hayun lågu the last of which is struggling to survive in litekyan its only home today the military plans to clear the surrounding area for a live firing range making the tree even more vulnerable to violent winds invasive pests and stray bullets don t worry they say we ll build a fence around the tree they say this is an act of mitigation but why does it feel like the disturbed edge of extinction 6 ekungok ancient whispers rouse the jungle listen oceanic waves stir against the rocks ekungok i taotaoʻmona call us to rise listen i tronkon yoga calls us to stand tall ekungok i tronkon lemmai calls us to spread our arms wide listen i tronkon nunu calls us to link our hands ekungok i tronkon ifit calls us to be firm listen i tronkon niyok calls us to never break ekungok i halom tano calls us to surround i hayun lågu and chant we are the seeds of the last fire tree we are the seeds of the last fire tree we are the seeds of the last fire tree ahe no we do not give you permission family trees poem 08 11 2017 csperez08 5 comments family trees for the 2016 guam soil and water conservation districts educator symposium 1 before we enter the jungle my dad asks permission of the spirits who dwell within he walks slowly with care to teach me like his father taught him how to show respect then he stops and closes his eyes to teach me how to listen ekungok as the winds exhale and billow the canopy tremble the understory and conduct the wild orchestra of all breathing things 2 niyok lemmai ifit yoga nunu he chants in a tone of reverence calling forth the names of each tree each elder who has provided us with food and medicine clothes and tools canoes and shelter like us they grew in dark wombs sprouted from seeds were nourished by the light like us they survived the storms of conquest like us roots anchor them to this island giving breath giving strength to reach towards the pacific sky and blossom 3 when you take my dad says take with gratitude and never more than what you need he teaches me the phrase eminent domain which means theft means to turn a place of abundance into a base of destruction the military uprooted trees with bulldozers paved the fertile earth with concrete and planted toxic chemicals and ordnances in the ground barbed wire fences spread like invasive vines whose only fruit are the cancerous tumors that bloom on every branch of our family tree 4 today the military invites us to collect plants and trees within areas of litekyan slated to be cleared for impending construction fill out the appropriate forms and wait 14 business days for a background and security check if we receive their permission they ll escort us to the site so we can mark and claim what we want delivered to us after removal they say this is a benevolent gesture but why does it feel like a cruel reaping 5 one tree my dad never showed me is the endangered hayun lågu the last of which is struggling to survive in litekyan its only home today the military plans to clear the surrounding area for a live firing range making the tree even more vulnerable to violent winds invasive pests and stray bullets don t worry they say we ll build a fence around the tree they say this is an act of mitigation but why does it feel like the disturbed edge of extinction 6 ekungok ancient whispers rouse the jungle listen oceanic waves stir against the rocks ekungok i taotaoʻmona call us to rise listen i tronkon yoga calls us to stand tall ekungok i tronkon lemmai calls us to spread our arms wide listen i tronkon nunu calls us to link our hands ekungok i tronkon ifit calls us to be firm listen i tronkon niyok calls us to never break ekungok i halom tano calls us to surround i hayun lågu and chant we are the seeds of the last fire tree we are the seeds of the last fire tree we are the seeds of the last fire tree ahe no we do not give you permission family trees poem 08 11 2017 csperez08 leave a comment family trees for the 2016 guam soil and water conservation districts educator symposium 1 before we enter the jungle my dad asks permission of the spirits who dwell within he walks slowly with care to teach me like his father taught him how to show respect then he stops and closes his eyes to teach me how to listen ekungok as the winds exhale and billow the canopy tremble the understory and conduct the wild orchestra of all breathing things 2 niyok lemmai ifit yoga nunu he chants in a tone of reverence calling forth the names of each tree each elder who has provided us with food and medicine clothes and tools canoes and shelter like us they grew in dark wombs sprouted from seeds were nourished by the light like us they survived the storms of conquest like us roots anchor them to this island giving breath giving strength to reach towards the pacific sky and blossom 3 when you take my dad says take with gratitude and never more than what you need he teaches me the phrase eminent domain which means theft means to turn a place of abundance into a base of destruction the military uprooted trees with bulldozers paved the fertile earth with concrete and planted toxic chemicals and ordnances in the ground barbed wire fences spread like invasive vines whose only fruit are the cancerous tumors that bloom on every branch of our family tree 4 today the military invites us to collect plants and trees within areas of litekyan slated to be cleared for impending construction fill out the appropriate forms and wait 14 business days for a background and security check if we receive their permission they ll escort us to the site so we can mark and claim what we want delivered to us after removal they say this is a benevolent gesture but why does it feel like a cruel reaping 5 one tree my dad never showed me is the endangered hayun lågu the last of which is struggling to survive in litekyan its only home today the military plans to clear the surrounding area for a live firing range making the tree even more vulnerable to violent winds invasive pests and stray bullets don t worry they say we ll build a fence around the tree they say this is an act of mitigation but why does it feel like the disturbed edge of extinction 6 ekungok ancient whispers rouse the jungle listen oceanic waves stir against the rocks ekungok i taotaoʻmona call us to rise listen i tronkon yoga calls us to stand tall ekungok i tronkon lemmai calls us to spread our arms wide listen i tronkon nunu calls us to link our hands ekungok i tronkon ifit calls us to be firm listen i tronkon niyok calls us to never break ekungok i halom tano calls us to surround i hayun lågu and chant we are the seeds of the last fire tree we are the seeds of the last fire tree we are the seeds of the last fire tree ahe no we do not give you permission family trees poem 08 11 2017 08 11 2017 csperez08 7 comments family trees for the 2016 guam soil and water conservation districts educator symposium 1 before we enter the jungle my dad asks permission of the spirits who dwell within he walks slowly with care to teach me like his father taught him how to show respect then he stops and closes his eyes to teach me how to listen ekungok as the winds exhale and billow the canopy tremble the understory and conduct the wild orchestra of all breathing things 2 niyok lemmai ifit yoga nunu he chants in a tone of reverence calling forth the names of each tree each elder who has provided us with food and medicine clothes and tools canoes and shelter like us they grew in dark wombs sprouted from seeds were nourished by the light like us they survived the storms of conquest like us roots anchor them to this island giving breath giving strength to reach towards the pacific sky and blossom 3 when you take my dad says take with gratitude and never more than what you need he teaches me the phrase eminent domain which means theft means to turn a place of abundance into a base of destruction the military uprooted trees with bulldozers paved the fertile earth with concrete and planted toxic chemicals and ordnances in the ground barbed wire fences spread like invasive vines whose only fruit are the cancerous tumors that bloom on every branch of our family tree 4 today the military invites us to collect plants and trees within areas of litekyan slated to be cleared for impending construction fill out the appropriate forms and wait 14 business days for a background and security check if we receive their permission they ll escort us to the site so we can mark and claim what we want delivered to us after removal they say this is a benevolent gesture but why does it feel like a cruel reaping 5 one tree my dad never showed me is the endangered hayun lågu the last of which is struggling to survive in litekyan its only home today the military plans to clear the surrounding area for a live firing range making the tree even more vulnerable to violent winds invasive pests and stray bullets don t worry they say we ll build a fence around the tree they say this is an act of mitigation but why does it feel like the disturbed edge of extinction 6 ekungok ancient whispers rouse the jungle listen oceanic waves stir against the rocks ekungok i taotaoʻmona call us to rise listen i tronkon yoga calls us to stand tall ekungok i tronkon lemmai calls us to spread our arms wide listen i tronkon nunu calls us to link our hands ekungok i tronkon ifit calls us to be firm listen i tronkon niyok calls us to never break ekungok i halom tano calls us to surround i hayun lågu and chant we are the seeds of the last fire tree we are the seeds of the last fire tree we are the seeds of the last fire tree ahe no we do not give 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