Monday, August 30, 2010

roar & boom

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moon rise
over the fire
the bullbat roar

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day’s up
down along the river here
nighthawks boom

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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Memories

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he thinks of
his dead wife's hands
another EKG

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slicing peaches
to preserve
summer vacation
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Monday, August 16, 2010

Sunday, August 15, 2010

desert

night streams past
this pool of light
a moonless desert highway

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Our History


The night of November 26, 1868, Black Kettle, a peace Chief of the Southern Cheyenne having heard that Army cavalry were in the vicinity had decided to move his winter encampment closer to the other villages camped along the Washita valley in western Oklahoma. At dawn on the 27th, (the fourth Thursday in November) four battalions – about 700 soldiers – of the 7th U.S. Cavalry under the command of Lt. Col. George Custer attacked the snow bound village. The number of Cheyenne casualties reported ranges from the 300 later claimed by Custer to only 13 described by the Indian captives. Black Kettle and his wife Medicine Woman were killed. Numerous other women and children were killed and captured to use as human shields during Custer’s return to Fort Supply.


http://www.nps.gov/archive/waba/home.htm

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/W/WA037.html 

November winds still carry
the sound of battle
on the Washita

along the Washita
sand plums fruit where the children
and women died