Origin Story
Ibe Liebenberg
| poetry
could have been raven
scraping her beak
against granite sparking
or dipping crane
stirring death
from waters dumb
floated mush on surface
we circulate to shore
gather sticks that coil like serpents
first words peck
and slobber from mouths
lowered heads shake out wild
closed eyes become worship
Ibe Liebenberg is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. He is currently enrolled in the MFA Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He has been published in The Journal of Chickasaw History and Culture and The ThreePenny Review.