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Calling My Ancestors

By Erynn Crittenden
August 19, 2024
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I call on my ancestors
So they can guide my way
As I walk this troubled night
Into a brighter day.

I call on my ancestors
So they can lend their strength
As I break the curses
That hinder us at length.

I call on my ancestors
So they can guard my soul,
Teach me to embrace the past,
And know what makes me whole.

I call on my ancestors
And feel their presence near.
I’m the product of their lives-
It’s time I raise the spear!


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Erynn Crittenden

Erynn Crittenden has written poetry since she could hold a pen. This love prompted her to earn a BA in Creative Writing, where she learned how to experiment with syllables and styles. Since then, Erynn has self-published three poetry collections (By the Bones, Transfiguration, and Into the Western Sky) through Amazon. She also writes and publishes plenty of individual poems on her website, and her work has appeared in the Talon Literary Magazine, the Beautiful Poetry anthology by Silent Sparks Press, the #AmWriting anthology by the Wayne Foundation, and Life Blood: A Collection of Vampire Tales by Gary Hill. Erynn is also the creator and host of the Present Poetry Podcast, where she reads and celebrates a different poet every week. Find it and the rest of her works by visiting her website at LadyErynn.com.

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