Marla Allison (Paguate Village, Laguna Pueblo), Water Girls, 2017, museum purchase 60220/13.
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture (Santa Fe, NM).
Youth Category Winner
"Cracked Ice" by Isabella Lobaina
as i watch you,
i always see your need for me,
your want for me,
and i love it.
i soak it up like how rice soaks up water.
but as i watch you,
always pushing me away,
not wanting to be around me.
oh but trust,
you will see me again.
and i will see that desperation
whenever you pull me in once more.
Adult Category Winner
"Water Girls" by Shauna Osborn
Sweet water
blankets
our tongues
lapping
thirsty lips
like the Rio Grande's
rocky bed
as we drink
from the stone smooth
curved clay
we walk to fill each day
Such a thirst
only our river
can quench
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