Ina Coolbrith at the Poetry Walk

aaaarrrrgggghhhhh I bought a first signed edition of Ina Coolbrith poetry collection Songs From The Golden Gate. It is my most expensive book by far. Really I don’t have the money but how often you can get a hand on a signed Coolbrith. It was an unique opportunity and I couldn’t refuse.

Poetry Walk – Listen To Us
During our Poetry Walk – Listen To Us on September 26 we will pay attention to Ina Coolbrith and her poem The Captive Of The White City. In the poem The Captive Of The White City she tells the story about the escape of Rain-in-the-Face.

Rain-in-the-Face
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem about Rain In The Face in 1855. He called his poem “The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face” and it was published in the newspaper above shortly after Rain In The Face died. The poem was published in Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha collection of poem in 1855. The Song Of Hiawatha is an epic narrative that explores Native American myths and legends. In the poem, Rain-in-the-Face is a warrior who seeks vengeance for the death of his people and the destruction of their way of life. The poem reflects Longfellow’s sympathy for Native American culture and the tragic consequences of the conflicts between indigenous peoples and European settlers.

Audiostory
Today I also found this audiostory about the fight between General George A. Custer and the Sioux American Indians at the Little Big Horn river in southern Montana. It’s a great story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL6r6AXmaxk