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Trail of Tears
by A Serviceable Villain → (All Poetry by A Serviceable Villain)
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' . . .unspeakable gov’t treasonous action.'


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Forced relocation

No more homelands

Cherokee suffered

Death, starvation

and disease ensued.

 

Forced destination

Future generations

would condemn this

unspeakable gov’t

treasonous action.

 

Men, women, children

given little amounts

of food; tears froze

in the winter of 1838

Well over 4,000 died.

 

The route became known

as the Trail of Tears

Was the sum of all their

fears; what ever happened

to all are created equal?

 

‘2009’ RLS  


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 Reviews of "Trail of Tears"
Reviewed by 000 000 (Reader)
Reviewed on February 6, 2009
The trail was considered, helping the natives, by what was the lands government at that time! The truth passed down...The Native Americans fed the starving white man, at the feast known as "Thanksgiving" this allowed the white man strength to slaughter the tribes!
Thank you for this caring verse to inform many of the trail of sorrow!
CarolHawks


Reviewed by Liana Margiva
Reviewed on February 6, 2009
WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva

Reviewed on February 5, 2009
To read stuff like this makes me ashamed to be a white person. Shame on us for what we did to our Native American brothers and sisters!!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :( >tears! <

Heartshattering write!

Reviewed by J'nia Fowler
Reviewed on February 5, 2009
Excellent question and excellent writing as well. I've heard some scoff,"some more equal than others." An equation popped in to my cluttered mind. Here goes. MAN + MONEY = VALUE. MAN - MONEY = 0. MONEY based solely on consumer confidence eventually = 0. I guess if we are all going to be 0, we are then equal, but hungry.
It's a sad, sad fact. Blessings, J'nia

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on February 5, 2009
Hey I don't think we got the "created equal" thing down as of yet, & that was back in 1838...e

Reviewed on February 5, 2009
How so cruel the Human species to each other, and its near kin, Concentration camps, expulsions, genocides, wars, factory farms, cruel experimentations on poor creatures, and now the destruction of the planet, I wonder about the higher species concept my friend.
A most sad, but well written account! Blessings! Jasmin Horst

Reviewed by Bonnie May
Reviewed on February 5, 2009
Hopefully its coming at long last...and suffering will be gone when it arrives...Hopefully. Heartbreaking write and read dear friend...love and hugs, Bonnie

Reviewed on February 5, 2009
Lance,

Heartbreaking, what the white man has done to the first peoples ... and continues to do so. Shame. A beautifully moving, compassionate write of a sad time of history. ={

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by Sandie May Joyce
Reviewed on February 5, 2009
This was a sad and compassionate write!

Sandie Angel :o)


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