The feathered heart / by Mark Turcotte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turcotte, Mark.

Series:

Native American series (East Lansing, Mich.)

Michigan State University Press Native American series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Poetry.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This revised and expanded edition of The Feathered Heart, Mark Turcotte's celebrated collection of Native American poetry, brings traditional oral culture to print. Torn, painful, vibrant, and full of hope, his poetry weaves together the multilayered and textured fabric of contemporary Native American urban and rural existence. Appropriately, each poem in The Feathered Heart possesses a deeply lyrical quality. Raw emotion echoes in Turcotte's voice, in his verse, in the things he sees. ""Ten Thousand Thousand Bones,"" for example, ""a poem about the desecration of Native American burial sit

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; The Eye Shakes; Horse and Cradle; Tiny Warriors; Flies Buzzing; True Sign; Indian Boys; Room Still Full of Death; Father's Dust; Window Glass; Unshadow; Sky Breathes Sky; Flying With the Wind; Horse Dance; Recognize Stepfather; And Betty Jean; Under Gray Gods; Folded Down; Animal Shadows; Indio; Leads You To Water; The Boy Dances; Angels We; Hands; This Wind; The Flower On; Feather; Wedding; Amber On Opal; Rain Rain; Chippewa Hitch Hike; Arrow, Humming; Motherdrum; Ten Thousand Thousand Bones; Brother River Dreams; Cyrus Calls For His Pony; Last Drink; Half Blood

Song for the Endless OthersThe Poets Coming; Growler; Winter; Foreign Shore

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-87013-962-2

OCLC:

774285372