Say Her Name So We Remember Her
R—Remember– that is what I think we need to do
E– Everything that she did, like poetry, like raising kids
N– Not just the horror of what happened… Bam! Bam! Bam!
E— Everything she did …like win the Academy of American Poetry Prize
E— Everything she did …like be a lesbian, be so beloved, be.
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N- Not just that video on an endless loop- Bam! Bam! Bam! “Fuckin’ bitch.”
I–I want to see her, more of her, before that day, all of her
C- Colors. All of the crayons in the coloring box she represented.
O- -Oh! I wish I had known her. I wish it hadn’t happened. I wish we weren’t here right now in these United States
L– Let me say I wish we were not here.
E– Everything feels dystopian. I forget all the crayons in the coloring box, except gray.
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G- Good was her last name. And now “Ice out – for Good.”
Has 2 meanings.
O- Over and over I watched the video. How can anyone say they didn’t see her being murdered? And yet—this is where we are …in these United States
O- Over and over we saw her….In these United States we saw that…
D- Don’t deny it. But also don’t deny who she was before that video memorialized her face as a victim She was so much more.
She was from all accounts just very, very good.
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She was from all accounts, one of the best of us.
–Mare Cartier
January 15, 2026, In These United States
Below: Rally the night after Renee Nicole Good’s murder, January 8, 2026
Photos by Marie Cartier, Long Beach, CA
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