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AFTER IKKYU: 25 by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: TALKED TO THE GOD OF HOSTS ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN
Last Line: HALF-HUMAN BEARS STILL DANCE IN IMPERFECT CIRCLES.
Subject(s): ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE AMERICANS; PRAYER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; INDIANS OF AMERICA; AMERICAN INDIANS; INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA;

Talked to the God of Hosts about the Native American
situation and he said everything's a matter of time,
that though it's small comfort the ghosts have already
nearly destroyed us with the ugliness we've become,
that in a few hidden glades in North America
half-human bears still dance in imperfect circles.



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