The Feathered Heart
The Feathered Heart
Mark Turcotte
Series: American Indian Studies
Copyright Date: 1998
Published by: Michigan State University Press
Pages: 75
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The Feathered Heart
Book Description:

This revised and expanded edition ofThe 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 inThe Feathered Heartpossesses 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 sites and objects by archeologists," is dedicated "to an ancient woman taken from the Earth near New Lenox, Illinois in the winter 1993/94."

eISBN: 978-0-87013-962-8
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-viii)
  3. Introduction
    Introduction (pp. ix-xii)
    Ray Gonzalez

    As Native American literature reaches new levels of accomplishment, poets like Mark Turcotte will emerge and redefine everything we have known about this vibrant genre.The Feathered Heartproves the deepest and most personal memories are entryways into the poetic spirit that has shaped Native writing for the past century. Turcotte’s poems arise from this tradition, but they clearly gain new ground in the consciousness that pulls our most vital poets together. Reading these poems means any notions about Native Writing can be left behind. There are ghosts here, but they do not haunt us because of our national history....

  4. The Eye Shakes
    The Eye Shakes (pp. 1-1)
  5. Horse and Cradle
    Horse and Cradle (pp. 2-2)
  6. Tiny Warriors
    Tiny Warriors (pp. 3-3)
  7. Flies Buzzing
    Flies Buzzing (pp. 4-6)
  8. True Sign
    True Sign (pp. 7-7)
  9. Indian Boys
    Indian Boys (pp. 8-9)
  10. Room Still Full of Death
    Room Still Full of Death (pp. 10-10)
  11. Father’s Dust
    Father’s Dust (pp. 11-12)
  12. Window Glass
    Window Glass (pp. 13-13)
  13. Unshadow
    Unshadow (pp. 14-15)
  14. Sky Breathes Sky
    Sky Breathes Sky (pp. 16-17)
  15. Flying With the Wind
    Flying With the Wind (pp. 18-19)
  16. Horse Dance
    Horse Dance (pp. 20-21)
  17. Recognize Stepfather
    Recognize Stepfather (pp. 22-24)
  18. And Betty Jean
    And Betty Jean (pp. 25-25)
  19. Under Gray Gods
    Under Gray Gods (pp. 26-26)
  20. Folded Down
    Folded Down (pp. 27-27)
  21. Animal Shadows
    Animal Shadows (pp. 28-28)
  22. Indio
    Indio (pp. 29-29)
  23. Leads You to Water
    Leads You to Water (pp. 30-32)
  24. The Boy Dances
    The Boy Dances (pp. 33-33)
  25. Angels We
    Angels We (pp. 34-34)
  26. Hands
    Hands (pp. 35-35)
  27. This Wind
    This Wind (pp. 36-36)
  28. The Flower On
    The Flower On (pp. 37-37)
  29. Feather
    Feather (pp. 38-39)
  30. Wedding
    Wedding (pp. 40-40)
  31. Amber On Opal
    Amber On Opal (pp. 41-41)
  32. Rain Rain
    Rain Rain (pp. 43-43)
  33. Chippewa Hitch Hike
    Chippewa Hitch Hike (pp. 44-44)
  34. Arrow, Humming
    Arrow, Humming (pp. 46-47)
  35. Motherdrum
    Motherdrum (pp. 48-49)
  36. Ten Thousand Thousand Bones
    Ten Thousand Thousand Bones (pp. 50-53)
  37. Brother River Dreams
    Brother River Dreams (pp. 54-55)
  38. Cyrus Calls For His Pony
    Cyrus Calls For His Pony (pp. 56-56)
  39. Last Drink
    Last Drink (pp. 57-58)
  40. Half Blood
    Half Blood (pp. 59-59)
  41. Song for the Endless Others
    Song for the Endless Others (pp. 60-61)
  42. The Poets Coming
    The Poets Coming (pp. 62-62)
  43. Growler
    Growler (pp. 63-63)
  44. Winter
    Winter (pp. 64-64)
  45. Foreign Shore
    Foreign Shore (pp. 65-67)
  46. Notes
    Notes (pp. 68-68)
  47. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 69-69)
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