
APPALACHIA (APP-a-LATCH-a)
Perhaps you think I’m arrogant a braggart
prowess overblown
Rowan oak
lady-slipper and laden bough
my progeny I offer
my perfect seed
my leeward caverns
and vibrant streams
for your survival
I am Whitehead and Flynn
Celo Black Bearwallow Roan and Bald
I’m haven and homestead hollowed
holy ground
A thousand names I’ve been called
For ages I have sheltered you
within unplundered ground
you who are prospectors of lost purpose
Jean Cassidy 2010
Photo Credit: Qualla Boundary by Erdu-Estremera
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