War and History Poetry posted May 8, 2020 | Chapters: | ...68 69 -70- 71... |
Septets
A chapter in the book Minnesota Poems
Minnesota Woman
by Treischel
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This 8000 year old woman's bones were found in northwestern Minnesota in 1931
by a road crew that set the bones aside and continued on grading Highway 59 North, near Pelican Rapids. The roadside monument stands near where the bones were found. The remains were found the next day by a supervisor. Her bones were sent to the University of Minnesota, and evaluated by Dr. Albert Jenks. In 1976, her bones were given to the Sioux tribe, who reburied them in an undisclosed grave in South Dakota. She was among the oldest remains ever found in North America. For more on her story, here are a couple of links:
https://ottertailcountymn.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/minnesota_woman_monument.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Woman
This poem is a series of septets. It is done in 10 syllable mixed meter, with a rhyme scheme of: abcbacb.
The image is a photo of the monument.
Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. by a road crew that set the bones aside and continued on grading Highway 59 North, near Pelican Rapids. The roadside monument stands near where the bones were found. The remains were found the next day by a supervisor. Her bones were sent to the University of Minnesota, and evaluated by Dr. Albert Jenks. In 1976, her bones were given to the Sioux tribe, who reburied them in an undisclosed grave in South Dakota. She was among the oldest remains ever found in North America. For more on her story, here are a couple of links:
https://ottertailcountymn.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/minnesota_woman_monument.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Woman
This poem is a series of septets. It is done in 10 syllable mixed meter, with a rhyme scheme of: abcbacb.
The image is a photo of the monument.
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