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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