Come Wewoka: A Cherokee Tale

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Wednesday, December 8, 2004

City of the Cherokee

City of the Cherokee Swept with autumn gold, Alive with commerce gold, Wares bought and wares sold; And this great world was never-ending, As we were jealous not to barter for our souls, This great earth at our city’s heart. Autumn gold covered ruddy loam - Cotton’s loam - Now, the curing loam of... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 5, 2004

Rusted Flint

Rusted flint Searing still in my heart stream, But long since set aside. Calling bird Singing now a hollow song, Telling of chicks new born, And loves and fears heroes know, Now smolder in the distant plains, Burning with the forever-flint With no bird to recall it to life Except the dust crow who... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 2, 2004

Campfires Smolder (1)

Campfires smolder Growing cold as night Enfolding the empty square, Lost to this trail of tears - My trail of tears. Silently in the forest A footfall tells they crept away Into time’s bower, Into tear’s brine, Into the hearts of those who should know better, Into my veins Like a smoldering memory... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Two Words

Two words my father taught me - “A-da-gei-tli-di” And “A-sgwo-lv-ni-ha” His father had taught him them - Who learned these from a woman, Who sat in Sawyer’s Mill Town, Who learned them from a hunter As her mother pounded corn. So, come to me Wewoka - Come to your Cosawta And I will teach you... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, November 28, 2004

Campfires Smolder

Campfires smolder Forgiving not one conqueror. Saving water - Smoothing leaves. Winter winds are passed and fading And the Cherokee live again - We go to business - Dance at discos - Join gay movements - Eat at fast-foods- Drive our Mazdas Never doubting our inheritance. Come experience The Jade Owl Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, November 25, 2004

Where Have We Flown

Where have we flown Children of the earth Outward from this history Beyond our trail of tears. Where do we bleed now? Where do we end? We who pump along both sad and lonely, In a generation’s mind. We still bleed Moving Unakas to tears - But only now - For we are inside now - And weep for ourselves... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 22, 2004

Mixing all the Nations

Mixing all the nations In the veins that I am given Give me pride - And sets me tall. And yet, I have this notion, All the blue blood across the ocean Cannot wipe from my remembrance The saddened call I hear - The hunter’s gone a-hunting But when he comes, he’ll tell his tale And I shall never... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

A Fast Life

A Fast life, lost as grain, Seeking to be an Unaka, First one must prove Without poleball or The Little-Brother-of-War, Worthy of the trust. So, to France - To the Ardennes - A forest much like the lost - Engage in the great Brother of War to end all wars. Then, with a purple heart, The privilege is... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Campfires Glow Afar

Campfires glow. The map is dotted by light - Great grandmother tells The story told by her father’s lip, About the world Wewoka lost And the love Cosawta kept And how the great river - Deeper than this Sacramento - Called to the hawk - And my grandfather hears these words And never forgets. Come... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 15, 2004

Campfires Glow

Campfires glow in the gold fields - Cherokees smile around Sawyer’s Mill, For fortunes are to be made. Wars are fought - France is fame - And the wheels of time Scatter the faithful to the winds, Far from Sawyer’s Bar - Simple lives scatter - No heritage - No place to hold their head high - But if... Sign in to see full entry.

About this Blog

Come Wewoka is a Poetry cycle written by Edward C. Patterson, whose Tsa-la-gi (Cherokee)name is Medicine Flower (Nv-wo-di A-tsi-lv-s-gi). He is the author of several Novels and Novellas, now available at www.dancaster.com/jotrans.htm. Come Wewoka has been a web favorite, having first been published in 1995 at vagranthollow, in the Best Part of Me Collection. This is the first time it is being made available in the blogs.

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