Sunday, May 05, 2013

By the Fire – v2


By the fire, crackling sparks,
living flame, licks the wood
dancing before the starlight
before the pine forest,
beyond the camp.

We gathered there, drawn
by the flame, the warmth,
Hearing a different,
an ancient voice.
Her words rumbling

Down from generations past.
Hearing a piece
of her oral history
our common walk, together
in this place, on Turtle Island.


Edited May 5, 2013
“By the Fire – v2”
Title 8/7/07, poem August 12, 2007 15:27
“By the Fire”
On the words of Thunderbird Turtle Woman,
Our mission trip,
from Wesley United Methodist Church,
Concord, NH and from First United Methodist Church,
Hudson, MA to Jacksonville and Machias, ME
to the Down East Maine Mission,
Jacksonville United Methodist Campground,
East Machias, ME

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