CASSIE PREMO STEELE
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Politics

This isn’t new politics
like poetry it
takes the very old
and sits her down
at the kitchen table
with a cup of coffee
maybe it is night
and babies are sleeping
after a day that
wouldn’t quit
maybe it is before dawn
and someone is gone
never to come back
maybe it is cloudy
and a small lamp
lends light to her hands
maybe it is sunny
and birds at the feeder
give them something
to look at when words
are slow in this
conversation between women
and when you refill the coffee
you don’t need to be a leader
when you drink you don’t
need to follow
because each body
is equal in the swallow
and we take turns serving
and being served
and this is the essence
of this politics nothing
is fixed and when
it’s time we all get up
to do the dishes.
       -from Tongues in Trees by Cassie Premo Steele
 

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Tongues in Trees | Poetry 1994-2017 is about revolution, both personal and political, and this collection shows the long arc of poetic ferocity that has often been overshadowed by the more nurturing contours of Cassie Premo Steele's writing.

This new volume contains all her previously published poems from journals and anthologies since 1994, plus brand new poems.
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Consciously responding to this historical moment in which we are being asked to stand up and #resist and make our voices heard, these poems are fiercely allied with intersectional feminist and environmental movements. ​​

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​Copyright 2025 Cassie Premo Steele 
 

  • ABOUT
  • BOOKS
    • Beautiful Waters
    • Beaver Girl
    • Earth Joy Writing
    • Moon Days
    • The Pomegranate Papers
    • The ReSisters
    • Ruin
    • Shamrock and Lotus
    • Swimming in Gilead
    • This is how honey runs
    • Tongues in Trees
    • Wednesday
    • We Heal from Memory
  • EVENTS
  • MEDIA
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • STILL HERE
  • TEACHING
  • CONTACT