In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

54 LISTEN HERE WOMEN DIE LIKE TREES from Abiding Appalachia: Where Mountain andAtom Meet (1978, 1995) Women die like trees, limb by limb as strain of bearing shade and fruit drains sap from branch and stem and weight of ice with wrench ofwind split the heart, loosen grip of roots until the tree falls with a sighunheard except by those nearbyto lie ... mossing ... mouldering ... to a certain softness under foot, the matrix of new life and leaves. No flag is furled, no cadence beats, no bugle sounds for deaths like these, as limb by limb, women die like trees. WHEN EARTH BECOMES AN "IT" from Selu: Seeking the Corn-Mother's Wisdom (1993) When the people call Earth "Mother," they take with love and with love give back so that all may live. When the people call Earth "it," they use her consume her strength. Then the people die. Already the sun is hot out of season. Our Mother's breast is going dry. ...

Share