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Circle of Stone and the Spoken Word
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11470 |
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THE ARTS
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10 / 1986 |
800 Words |
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Terry Wooten, Taelen Thomas, Ray Nargis, Anne-Marie Oomen
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Stone Circle
In northern Wisconsin and Minnesota
the Sioux and the Chippewa
still don't get along with each other,
though they both treat rocks
with reverence.
There are stone still in earth
just below the surface
big as prehistoric bulls,
many times stronger
they can break down the biggest tractor
in its tracks.
Pick them up
and place them in a circle of time,
all the things that rocks have gone through.
The tractor groans,
its steel arms creak,
hydraulic hoses squeal
as I try to levitate
this wild old rock
the modern way
from its nest full of time
and squashed earth.
The stuff this tractor
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