Tecumseh's War

Walton S. Tissot
Strong medicine
Brother of the prophet
Self realized
Chief, and leader
Resistance in re- order
To survive, to stand
To light the fires
One body, one head
One family
One love

The Panther Passing Across
The pages of the ages
Past the whiskey
The zero years
Fear and tears
Long knives
The dead
Never to yield
Never to heal

Visions and division
Tippecanoe
Prophetstown
From the earth and back again
Life and light and reason
Function and design
The many varied ways of things
Man is only his few winters
The spirit world is everything
Konkachila; Grandfather

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~ Walton S. Tissot is a pseudonym of William S. Tribell - *{PLEASE FEEL FREE: Anyone who enjoys the work, to Tweet, Dig, Blog, Tell a friend or anyway otherwise share and or promote it.}* - Born in America,...  View profile

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  • Delicia Powers5/25/2010

    ' "Man is only his few winters"; I have been reading down your page and find my head filled with the beauty and power of so many haunting lines ; I need to stop and just be still.

  • Linda M. McCloud5/1/2010

    Great job!!

  • Kathy Minicozzi1/2/2010

    I like this.

  • Annienygma1/2/2010

    "Man is only his few winters.." how true! So glad to meet another Kentucky poet!

  • RipDiction11/18/2009

    Very good work enjoyed this one.

  • Dan Reveal11/9/2009

    You say so much in your short bursts of ideas! I love the way you put words together. Lots of information presented in a rather minimalist way..!

  • M. M. Rooni11/9/2009

    You are truly gifted!

  • Pattie Byrd11/7/2009

    Excellent.

  • John Smither11/7/2009

    Your historical poem's always seem to tell a story through your fine writing.

  • Cathy A Montville11/7/2009

    "The zero years"...love that! You do such an amazing job on these history poems! Terrific!

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