from the high point of the hill
in the shadow of a ruined house
I saw with the eyes of the Cherokee
I saw only the past
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Thanks Spock. I do not read many here. It is nice to have a few readers who appreciate my work.
Another wonderfully written poem from your mighty pen. I truly admire how you put a lot into a single poem with brevity and depth. A significant write with political undertones.10
History in poetical sensitive terms.The pain it does not teach us obvious!
Walking the hills of home I often though about the Civil War. I could see the Yazoo River where skirmishes occurred. There were arrowheads and charcoal beds where the Native Americans had made fires. I could not but help wonder what they thought of their new neighbors.