Today we remember Renee Nicole Good through poetry: her own award-winning poem from 2020 and new poems by Cornelius Eady and Amanda Gorman.

Renee Nicole Good

• Poem: "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs"
• About Renee Nicole Good: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/we-had-whistles-they-had-guns-says-wife-of-minnesota-woman-killed-by-ice-agent

Cornelius Eady

• Poem: "Renee Nicole Good is Murdered"
• About Cornelius Eady: https://poets.org/poet/cornelius-eady
• About Cave Canem: https://www.nationalbook.org/people/cave-canem/#fullBio

Amanda Gorman

• Poem: "For Renee Nicole Good, Killed by I.C.E. on Jan. 7, 2026"
• About Amanda Gorman: https://poets.org/poet/amanda-gorman
• Website: https://www.theamandagorman.com/

Audre Lorde

• Essay: "Poetry is Not a Luxury"
• About Audre Lorde: https://poets.org/poet/audre-lorde

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Welcome to 2026 and Season 2 of Literative! We begin the new year by reading Joy Harjo's "For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet," a poem about loss and restoration, about wandering and welcome. Joy Harjo reminds us to treat our spirit like a beloved child and celebrate its recovery by helping those still searching.

Be sure to join us in January for our New Year’s series, “Normal Plus.” We'll begin with a powerful tool for identifying and removing creator's block, courtesy of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity.

Links for Joy Harjo

Poem: For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet

Collection: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings

Website: https://www.joyharjo.com/

Photo credit: Karen Kuehn

Additional Resource

The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32, KJV)

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Year's end is a busy festive time, but it can also be a sad and lonely one for people who are grieving a loss. If you’re having a Blue Christmas this year, this episode is for you. We'll read several passages from the poem In Memoriam in which Alfred, Lord Tennyson reveals the journey that enabled him to write, "’Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all."

Resource:

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. In Memoriam A.H.H.

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