Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 18.190.156.80
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
Our fortified camp is well out of range of arrow, or gun shot, except the rear flank, of course the Shoshone are reputed to be deficient in firearms but are expert in hand weapons and guerilla tactics, its a gamble, but we must seek to establish identity and intent I'm taking a recon group of twelve into the valley we're spread out to mitigate the impact of ambush remaining close to the brush and treelines the interior of the mountains look like the inside of deep candle wells and we are the flame that attracts attention, I see three people by a popping creek, its a girl child, a teenage girl and an old woman with baskets picking grapes, for an instant I think of the mythological Fates, have we been plucked and cut, signaling for Drouillard, I procure a mirror, a comb and other small trinkets to offer as gifts, and I'm rolling up my deerskin sleeve to show I am a White Man, tactfully I step out of the snowberry thickets unarmed pleading repeatedly the Shoshone phrase I've learnt from Sacagawea, " Ta ba bone...Ta ba bone...Ta ba bone..." the child has immediately wrapped herself around the old woman's leg the teen has scampered like a doe in silent terror looking back at me with eyes of screaming innocence, mouth crying open, the woman is standing frozen with a face of defense and from her beaded belt unsheathes a carbonized dagger, Drouillard comes out gently doing his best with the speech and sign language as I go on one knee showing the gifts, thank Deity they calm, smile, and accept, we have convinced them to lead us to the village the woman has persuaded the teen, named Maraseca to rejoin and receive the mirror, J.A.B.
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required