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As World War II began, not only were Japanese Americans herded into internment camps, the young men were then drafted. But at Heart Mountain, a group of resisters drew the line - they refused to comply, on constitutional grounds - and wound up in federal prison. As the author contemplates a simple line drawing of the Heart Mountain camp, he revisits this moment of history with pain, pride, and thoughtful historical perspective. In a section about Japanese American life, Inada pays tribute to his elders, and delights in the detail of the day-to-day. His love for the landscape of Oregon is realized in poems that smell of pine and sparkle like a mountain stream. This is a rich, varied collection of poems brimming with hope, nourished by the wisdom of the past, alive with the electricity of the moment.
Review:
Children Of Camp
Denver Union Station
Drawing The Line
Eatin' With Sticks
The Grand Silos Of The Sacramento
Grandmother
Healing Gila
A High-five For 1-5
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 1. Small Things
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 10. Hiroshima
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 11. Mezu-rah-shi
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 12. Acknowledging The Qualities
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 13. Grain
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 14. The Little Details
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 15. First String
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 16. Moht-tai-nai
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 17. Founding Concepts
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 18. Combined
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 19. In Whatever Language
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 2. Parallel Lives
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 20. Blessings And Connections
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 3. Skill
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 4. Waiting For Hiroshi
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 5. Samurai
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 6. Unpreferred
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 7. Better
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 8. War
Hiroshi From Hiroshima: 9. Watch
Just As I Thought
Kickin The Habit
Messing With The Sisters
A Nice Place
Nobody, Nothing
Over Here, Over There
Picking Up Stones
Picture
A Poet Of The High Seas
Pursuing A Career: 1. Writing
Pursuing A Career: 2. Word Processing
Pursuing A Career: 3. My License
Pursuing A Career: 4. Shouldering Responsibility
Pursuing A Career: 5. Fax
Pursuing A Career: 6. Pax
Pursuing A Career: 7. Thanks
Putting Back The Rain
The Real Fresno
Residue
Ringing The Bell: 1. The Man Of Letters
Ringing The Bell: 2. The Man Of Ices
Ringing The Bell: 3. Mi Tierra
Ringing The Bell: 4. Striking The Words
Ringing The Bell: 5. La Bamba
Ringing The Bell: 6. Swing Low
Ringing The Bell: 7. Ringing
Scanning The Century: 1. Blues
Scanning The Century: 10. Earl Bud Powell
Scanning The Century: 11. Miles Dewey Davis Iii
Scanning The Century: 12. John William Coltrane
Scanning The Century: 2. Louis Pops Armstrong
Scanning The Century: 3. Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington
Scanning The Century: 4. William Count Basie
Scanning The Century: 5. Lester Willis Pres Young
Scanning The Century: 6. Billie Lady Day Holiday
Scanning The Century: 7. Charlie Bird Parker
Scanning The Century: 8. John Birks Dizzy' Gillespie
Scanning The Century: 9. Thelonious Monk
Seeking The Great
Tapping The Temples
This One, That One
A World Of Passengers
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
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