This is a collection of poetry about Oklahoma. Since Oklahoma means, "Home of the Red Man," I have included poems about those native americans who came before us.
One of my favorite poems, a first place winner in 2002, is "Daughter of the Chickasaw,"
and it is included in this collection.
Also included is a first place winning poem, "Battle Cry." After reading this poem, Pulitzer Prize Award nominee, Harvey Stanbrough commented that he could "Hear the Drums." Perhaps you will too!
Questions, unquestioned discoveries, and answers in parable and rhyme…. This collection records a journey starting with a 1960s retrospective and the first man on the moon, moving to a new millennium welcomed in with a terrorist spin, family crises,