I Knew Two Metis Women: The Lives of Dorothy Scofield and Georgina Houle Young

by Scofield, Gregory

• ISBN13: 9781896095967
• ISBN10: 1896095968
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

With his fourth book of poetry, Gregory Scofield takes us into the heart of Metis community. In these heartbreaking and hilarious poems, Scofield celebrates the lives of his mother and aunts. Their unforgettable voices wind through the poems, telling tales, soothing hurts, offering love and shy humor as an antidote to hardship, poverty, violence and prejudice. When words alone no longer suffice, the women turn to the country-and-western legends whose songs reflect their lives. Scofield weaves verses from Hank Williams, Kitty Wells, the Carter Family and others into the stories, fashioning a sequence of poems that brings two indelible women -- and an entire community -- vividly to life.

Table of Contents

Picture 1 (1973)	p. 13
Heartfood	p. 15
Mooshom, a Sung Hero	p. 17
Memories of a Wabasca Girl	p. 20
Oh, Dat Agnes	p. 21
A Jig for Sister	p. 24
Two Cradle-Songs	p. 28
Aunty, Left to Her Resources	p. 35
Right to Dah Sun-Up	p. 37
T. For	p. 39
The Last Time Lillian Cardinal Came to Visit	p. 42
Blue Moon	p. 45
Going to Get Uncle	p. 48
No Messing Around	p. 52
Picture 2: The Vigil (1974)	p. 54
Picture 3 (1979)	p. 59
1975-1978	p. 61
I Never Did Learn to Say	p. 64
Red Devil	p. 67
Little Gold Jesus	p. 70
They Taught Her	p. 72
Old Pal of Mine	p. 75
Cut-Off	p. 80
Down South	p. 85
Blue Eyes	p. 87
Half the Story	p. 90
Half of Another Story	p. 92
They Saw	p. 95
Too Many Blueberries	p. 98
She's Lived	p. 101
Not All Halfbreed Mothers	p. 104
True North, Blue Compass Heart	p. 107
Mom, as I Watched Her Leaving	p. 110
Picture 4 (1995)	p. 113
Picture 5 (1988)	p. 119
(High) Mass, and One Good Blushing	p. 122
Put Me in Your Pocket	p. 126
Dah Ting About Waltzing	p. 129
I've Been Told	p. 130
Ode to the Greats (Northern Tribute)	p. 133
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