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Bear Skin

 

Hand made poetry book written and illustrated by Bert Weir

Published in 2005 by Joyful Loons Publishing, RR#1, S12, C45, Parry Sound, ON  P2A 2W7

26 pages, 10 graphite illustrations. 11 x 4 inches

ISBN# 0-9739820-0-4

 

This is a story about an old hide and what happened to it.

Excerpt from 'Bear Skin'

 

I asked a friend
How do we
assist the Bear Skin
to rise to its
place of rest
He said
Let me thinks about
it
and I did

Later the friend said
Let us have
a service
for him
then we will
find a way

 

That night
on the back porch
the drums
began to speak
the conch shell
was filled with sage
lit
fanned with an
eagle feather
and the sacred
cleansing
began

 

 

 

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