Dirt Road Home

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Summary

Poems deal with poverty, mixed heritage, nature, family life, and memories

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Introduction: Joseph Bruchac	p. 7
Henri Toussaints	p. 13
Grandmother	p. 15
Trees	p. 17
Looking For Indians	p. 19
Ol'Crazy Baker	p. 21
At the Fireworks	p. 23
Gifts	p. 24
Just His Eyes	p. 25
What The Boy Said	p. 27
At the A and W	p. 28
Thorns	p. 30
Harsh Words	p. 33
Glissando	p. 36
French Girls Are Fast	p. 37
Card Shark	p. 39
Barbie	p. 40
Like A Good Joke: Grandma At Ninety	p. 42
Leah	p. 44
First Grade - Standing In the Hall	p. 46
Hanging Clothes In the Sun	p. 47
At Fifteen, Louise Kills Chickens	p. 49
Logic Problem	p. 51
Department of Labor Haiku	p. 53
Why They Do It	p. 54
Bride	p. 55
Infant of Prague	p. 56
Creche	p. 57
The Sound of My Mother Singing	p. 58
What I Save	p. 61
Equinox: The Goldfinch	p. 62
Trickery: a May Poem	p. 63
Summer Solstice	p. 65
Bones - A City Poem	p. 67
Blessings	p. 69
The Sweet and Vinegary Taste	p. 71
Too'kay	p. 73
After Hours	p. 74
Comes Down Like Milk	p. 76
Night	p. 77
Menora	p. 78
Mother Night: Full Moon Past Solstice	p. 79
Genealogy	p. 80
Roseanna	p. 81
After Listening to a Reading of Romantic Poems About Columbus: One More Thought	p. 82
Survival	p. 83
Medicine Woman	p. 85
To Human Skin	p. 87
At the Pow Wow	p. 89
Like the Trails of Ndakinna	p. 90
All Night She Dreams	p. 92
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