06 April 2008

Jonathan Williams

[from Rivendell Issue 4: Native Genius, Spring 2007]

A Chorale* of Cherokee Night Music as Heard through
an Open Window in Summer Long Ago

WAHUHU WAHUHU WAH
UKU UGUKU UGUKU UGU
U HUHU HUHU HUHU HU
LU LALU LALU LALU LA
TU TALATU TALATU TAL
LILI TSKIKLILI TSIKILILI
IKIKI TSIKIKI TSIKIKI T
U KAGU KAGU KAGU KA
WAYA WAYA WAYA WAYA
YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH
NA GUNA GUNA GUNA GU
SASA SASA SASA SASA S
UNU KUNUNU KUNUNU
DUSTU DUSTU DUSTU D

*screech owl/hoot owl/yellow-breasted chat/ jar-fly/cricket/carolina chickadee/katydid/crow/wolf/Beatles/turkey/goose/bullfrog/spring frog

[this is a half-rendering; the typography is the other half; buy Rivendell to see this and other wonders]

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