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The U.S. has had shameful episodes with the Native Americans. Supporting thier recovery is the only answer I know.
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mariss9
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September 6, 2009
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Great work, Sam!
posted by
hardilaziz
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September 5, 2009
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i think that i should have address the comment to Sam
but then I was looking at the title of the log wondering who Shelly was?
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lindo
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September 4, 2009
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Shelly I think that youstruck gold here!
This is an amazing poem . I had no idea that you are a Cherokee descendant. I would love to learn more about the legends and folklore especially when it is written in such a powerful and eloquent style.
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lindo
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September 4, 2009
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Dear Shelly, you do so know what you are doing. Such a compelling tale you have written here! Beautifully done. I have often been amazed at the hypocrisy of the American lawmaker, not the least of which is the notion that we can point the finger at other nations who clear entire peoples from the lands that they themselves covet.
Is that not the real story of how the West was "won"?
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myrrhage_
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September 4, 2009
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Sam
Wow - yes, powerful indeed!
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Troosha
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September 4, 2009
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Shelly
Very powerful! It captures something that played itself out many times in many places on this continent...
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Nautikos
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September 4, 2009
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I was captured. At first I didn't know what the Cherokee rose was all about exactly, but after reading the description you put at the end, I almost shed some tears... Great and emotional poem!
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Aspire2Inspire
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September 4, 2009
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I was unaware of this legend Shelly
I am grateful to you for relating it so well in imagery and in fact; many blessings and thanks always
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mariaki
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September 4, 2009
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Thank you Shelly for sharing this moving poem about this sad episode in U.S. history.
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elinjo
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September 4, 2009
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Thank you for the explanations at the end. My Dad was so interested in the Five Civilized tribes and the Trail of Tears and all that history. He grew up among the Choctaw Indians of the Oklahoma Territory. Because he shared it with his children, we also have always had great interest in it. My great-great-grandmother was a Menominee Indian.
posted by
TAPS.
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September 3, 2009
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so much unfarness amongst different races
posted by
lustorlove
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September 3, 2009
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sam ~.~
Great write...although a sad and unfortunate account from which a legend began. Thank you for sharing. Peace, blessings and understanding.
~~SS
posted by
soulspeaker
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September 3, 2009
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A great honorable poem this is, well I done.
posted by
Nileangel
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September 3, 2009
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Sam - how intriguing. the cherokee rose..these stories just capture. loved it and take your time in deciding what you want to do. Either way..I will still read you. Have a lovely weekend my Sam!
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shobana
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September 3, 2009
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And that’s the way it was and is sweetheart. BC-A, Bill*s Cyberspace Hotlink
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BC-A
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September 3, 2009
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NICE
FYI, the update on Dave n' Nate is not good!!! Stay tuned for this Tuesday.
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contagion_publishing
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September 3, 2009
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Wow, that IS something: a wonderful story in a poem (to me anyway. You know I am not a poet!LOL). I could feel the people, having to walk for hours towards the unknown, having lost everything. As we say in French as well as in English (it is rather cynical, but appropriate here): a good deed never stay unpunished.
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auslander
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September 3, 2009
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