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Subject: TRAIL OF TEARS (1838-39) Matches Found: 39 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 1 THE EAGLE WARRIOR: AN INVOCATION, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This life-size ceramic man costumed as an eagle Last Line: Tense-taloned, %be their emblem, be their witness, be their scribe Variant Title(s): The Eagle Warrior: An Invocatio Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) 2 THE CHEROKEE LOTTERY, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the cherokees refused to leave Last Line: The thunder rolled away, %and no rain fell Variant Title(s): The Cherokee Lotter Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) 3 THE TRAIL, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Past corn Last Line: Tear %trail Variant Title(s): The Trai Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) 4 THE PUMPKIN FIELD, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What a grand lot they were Last Line: And glowing still when I awoke-- %as they do now, and as they always will Variant Title(s): The Pumpkin Fiel Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Politics; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) 5 THE BONE-PICKER, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the old days, when a choctaw died Last Line: And in my heart I feel his claw, %and on the wind I hear his wail Variant Title(s): The Buzzard Ma Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) 6 THE PLAYERS, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A curtain of green divides--and there they are Last Line: There will be no surrender, general. There will be no peace; %only the murderer who waits, only the Variant Title(s): The Player Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) 7 SITTING BULL IN SERBIA, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A hundred years ago, they say, buffalo bill Last Line: Plunge down the western sky %headlong into the night Variant Title(s): Sitting Bull In Serbi Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) ARTIST AND HIS PENCIL: A SEARCH FOR THE PUREBLOODS, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sixty-three indian tribes were represented in oklahoma - all Last Line: Each one, each untouched tribe, recorded in a never-ending moment, %distinct and clear Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) AT THE THEATER: THE DEATH OF OSCEOLA, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The theater was packed, and just before the curtain rose Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Native Americans - Removal AT THE THEATER: THE DEATH OF OSCEOLA, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The theater was packed, and just before the curtain rose Last Line: Osceola's head, along with the others in the doctor's cabinet, %went up in flames Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) BLUE MARROW, by LOUISE BERNICE HALFE Poem Source First Line: Grandmothers hold me. I must pass all that I possess, every Last Line: Of our struggling hearts? Subject(s): Explorers; Hunting; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Wars; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) BUFFALO HUNTER, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nothing moved in this great emptiness Last Line: To join him for his european tour Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) BURNING OF MALMAISON, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On a brisk cool evening when the wind Last Line: All that was left: this small blue stain Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Politics; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) CHOCTAW STICK-BALL GAME, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: During a period of several sunsets, by the cleansing Last Line: That ball game that the tribe had called %'little brother to war' Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) CROSSING, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That winter the southern land had all the contours Last Line: Into the throat of the beast Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) DEATH CRY FOR THE LANGUAGE, by DIANE GLANCY Poem Source First Line: Grandmother %tuya:taht'a branches at the top Last Line: The narrow passages from this world Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Cherokee Indians; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Wars; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) ENCHANTED BAMBOO ARROW, by LARRY EVERS Poem Source First Line: Enchanted enchanted bamboo arrow Last Line: Decaying %decaying %decaying Subject(s): Fights; Landmark Preservation; Native Americans - Wars; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) END OF THE RANGE, by ANSELM HOLLO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Weep ye protein herders weep Last Line: And the foreigners are fighting back Subject(s): Aliens; Immigrants; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Extraterrestrials; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Native Americans - Removal FULL CIRCLE: THE CONNECTICUT CASINO, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O / o / o the first full moon of the year 2000 Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Native Americans - Removal FULL CIRCLE: THE CONNECTICUT CASINO, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O %o %o the first full moon of the year 2000 Last Line: And where all races live together %in lasting peace and perfect harmony Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) IV THE TALKING LEAVES: SEQUOYAH'S ALPHABET, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Alone for hours on end, he meditated on his mission Last Line: Yet climbs the mountainside to touch the stars Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) IX CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE CHOCTAW CHIEF, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pushmataha, the great choctaw chief, arrived in washington Last Line: Of the modern boundary between arkansas and oklahoma Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) JASON LEE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: A cry from the gloom of the western wilds! Last Line: The stalwart jason lee. Subject(s): Death; Native Americans; Pioneers; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); West (u.s.); Dead, The; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Native Americans - Removal; Southwest; Pacific States JOURNEY TO THE INTERIOR, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He has gone into the forest Last Line: And every road leads on within %and none leads out Subject(s): Aids (disease); Cherokee Indians; Sickness; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) MOTHER OF MOSQUITOS, by DIANE GLANCY Poem Source First Line: Woman %swat. %why mosquito fly near us? Last Line: Your life is our blood Subject(s): Forests; History; Native Americans - Wars; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) NATIVE AMERICAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM, by SHERMAN ALEXIE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Five hundred years from now, archaeologists will discover Last Line: The grasses grow %the rivers flow Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Cherokee Indians; Greyhounds; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Wars; Nuclear War; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Travel OLD CHEROKEE WOMAN'S SONG, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They have taken my land Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Native Americans - Removal OLD CHEROKEE WOMAN'S SONG, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They have taken my land Last Line: Beyond the red water Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) PRAIRIE CHICKEN, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Look at him there in that prairie dirt Last Line: He looks for another prairie chicken Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Native Americans - Removal SAINT PETER TALKS ABOUT GOODNESS, by LARRY EVERS Poem Source First Line: Saint peter %sitting at heaven's door Last Line: Talks %talks %talks Subject(s): God; Heaven; Native Americans - Wars; Religion; Saints; Soldiers; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) SONG OF THE DISPOSSESSED, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You came across the water, %like gods you walked ashore Last Line: That robbed us of our country %and carried off our dreams Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) THE BURNING OF MALMAISON, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On a brisk cool evening when the wind Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Politics & Government; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Native Americans - Removal THE COSMIC TRAIL, by EDWIN M. ABBOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Since I have thought so long on greater Last Line: The landscape widens as I onward go. Subject(s): Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Native Americans - Removal THE CROSSING, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That winter the southern land had all the contours Subject(s): Cherokee Indians; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Native Americans - Removal THE FATED RACE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: I stood on the banks of the klickitat Last Line: Must sink beneath the flood. Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars; Oregon; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Native Americans - Removal THE OLD BARLOW ROAD, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Tread softly, boys, 'tis sacred dust Last Line: And each clod a coffin nail. Subject(s): Pioneers; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Native Americans - Removal; Journeys; Trips THE WESTWARD MARCH, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: Beside some lost alaskan lake Last Line: As the waters fill the sea! Subject(s): Native Americans - History; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Sailing & Sailors; Sea Voyages; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Travel; West (u.s.) - Exploration; Seamen; Sails; Native Americans - Removal; Journeys; Trips TOKINISH, by JAMES THOMAS STEVENS Poem Source First Line: Truth is a native Last Line: Drunke, and they shall sleep a perpetuall sleepe, and not wake Subject(s): America - Exploration; History; Islands; Native Americans; Navigation; Sea Voyages; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) VICTORIA, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: O rock-ribbed city of the western sea Last Line: "guard well ""britannia's far-flung battle line!" Subject(s): Trail Of Tears (1838-39); West (u.s.); Native Americans - Removal; Southwest; Pacific States |
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