What the Chickadee Knows rez excited for what might come

excited for what might come

the debunking of origin stories

supported by a baby board

the narrator details how her mother repaired a favorite beaded necklace

of their work

What the Chickadee Knows rez excited for what might comeMargaret Noodin explains in the preface of her new poetry collection, What the Chickadee Knows (Gijigijigaaneshiinh Gikendaan), "Whether we hear giji giji gaane shii shii or chick a dee dee dee depends on how we have been taught to listen. Our world is shaped by the sounds around us and the filter we use to turn thoughts into words. The lines and images here were conceived first in Anishinaabemowin and then in English. They are an attempt to hear and