Film Poem by: River 瑩瑩 Dandelion
- JC Poet
- Apr 2
- 1 min read
Film Poem: "Spells for Safety"
River 瑩瑩 Dandelion (he, him, keoi 佢)
walks with his ancestors. He is a practitioner of ancestral medicine through writing, teaching, energy healing, and creating ceremony. River is the author of remembering (y)our light, a debut chapbook on honoring matriarchs and ancestors across generations, which was a finalist for the 2025 North Street Book Prize. A Third World Newsreel and Kundiman fellow, River creates films that uplift everyday resistance, queer and trans joy, and community power. He also facilitates creative writing workshops, where participants connect with their own inner and collective power. He has taught at Rutgers University-Newark, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Restorative Justice Initiative, Lambda Literary, Museum of the City of New York, and elsewhere. He won the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers in recognition for his work. To connect, visit: riverdandelion.com.
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