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Gone With the Wind

I asked about the Chimariko tribe When spring was in full bloom I got the answer in the wind And all I felt was gloom I searched to find the Timucua tribe in the summer of the rains I heard the answer in the thunder And all I felt was pain I searched to find the Calusa tribe When autumn winds were due And when I heard the answer All I felt was blue Never saw them in the history books But in movies they were portrayed Often seen as savages But we never knew their ways But they were indeed great warriors And a proud people too But once they met the Europeans These warriors were through.......

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Date: 3/11/2017 10:41:00 PM
Joseph, congratulations on your winning poem, 'Gone with the Wind.' All the best, Sonia
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Date: 3/11/2017 9:38:00 PM
Very well written Joseph. Congrats on your win.
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Date: 3/11/2017 7:46:00 PM
Congratulations Joseph, well done...
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Date: 3/11/2017 7:12:00 PM
Wonderfully poignant and melancholy - nicely done - congrats, Joseph!
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Date: 3/11/2017 2:46:00 PM
I LIKE !!!!!!!! Very Good
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Date: 2/21/2017 6:21:00 AM
Thought provoking. So sad.
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Date: 2/16/2017 10:35:00 AM
No gun could kill typhoid, small pox or syphilis. That is what killed the native Americans. Reading about the Trail of Tears in school really changed me. It's really disgusting to think of how the white man stole this country from the native Americans. Your poem has me all stirred up, Joseph.
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Date: 2/16/2017 2:45:00 AM
Very true, Joseph:) liked that last stanza very much:)
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Date: 2/15/2017 6:49:00 PM
Damb auto correct, HARKENING not hardening lol
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Date: 2/15/2017 6:48:00 PM
A moving hardening write. Chills me to the bone. 7 my friend xomo
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Joseph May
Date: 2/15/2017 8:23:00 PM
Thank you Maureen
Date: 2/15/2017 6:05:00 PM
Just read GONE WITH THE WIND. Very expressive. I loved it. The subject was fresh, and WELCOMED, at least by me. VBR
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Joseph May
Date: 2/15/2017 8:22:00 PM
Thank you Val..

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