Markings on earth / Karenne Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Karenne, 1960-

Series:

First book awards

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monacan Indians--Poetry.

Monacan Indians.

Virginia--Poetry.

Virginia.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

x, 75 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2001]

Summary:

Impressions of the past, markings on earth, are part of the world of Karenne Wood. A member of the Monacan tribe of Virginia, she writes with insight and grace on topics that both reflect and extend her Native heritage.

Markings on Earth is a cyclical work that explores the many dimensions of human experience, from our interaction with the environment to personal relationships. In these pages we relive the arrival of John Smith in America and visit the burial mounds of the Monacan people, experience the flight of the great blue heron and witness the dance of the spider. We also share the personal journey of one individual who seeks to overcome her sense of alienation from her people and her past.

Contents:

Directions 3

Blue Mountains

Great Blue Herons 11

Spider Dance 12

The Raccoon 13

Celebrating Corn 15

Amoroleck's Words 17

Chief Totopotamoi, 1654 19

Site of a Massacre 20

Oronoco 21

Jamestown Revisited 22

My Standard Response 25

Markings on Earth 27

Moving the Mountains 29

Hard Times

Colors 34

The Room 35

Four Weeks in July 36

Something Is Always Taking Us Away 37

Urban Nightmare 38

Fire and Water 39

For My Ex-Husband 40

Confession Beneath Plum Trees 42

Smoke 43

In Memory of Shame 44

Refuge 45

Amends 47

For Them 48

First Light

Endless Land 51

Veterans' Dance with My Father 52

Discovery 53

The Lilies 54

The Bed 55

The Beginning of Fire 57

Cactus Song 59

Smoke Dancers 60

Making Apple Butter 61

Order 62

Red Hawk Woman 63

Before Your Mother's Death 64

Between Us 66

Another Visit to the Cancer Specialist 67

The Milking 68

The Man in the Road 69

Returning 70.

ISBN:

0816521654

OCLC:

46359688