Arthur Sze, the first Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, is the author of numerous poetry collections, including The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems and The Silk Dragon II: Translations of Chinese Poetry (Copper Canyon Press, 2024). The recipient of several awards, including a 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, Sze is also a chancellor at the Academy of American Poets. He lives in Santa Fe and is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts.

Photograph by Jennifer Brummett.

Qiviut

by Arthur Sze

A dog’s bark has use, and so does honey
and a harpoon. The Inuit use the undercoat

wool of the musk ox, qiviut, to make
scarves and hats. The unexpected utility
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