Medicine Stone

Coulehan, Jack

Primary Category: Literature / Poetry

Genre: Poetry

Annotated by:
Chen, Irene
  • Date of entry: Mar-10-2003
  • Last revised: Oct-06-2015

Summary

The author begins by describing a "medicine dance" that he attended at an Indian reservation and the stone he keeps as a souvenir. However, back in the city, the stone's healing powers are meaningless, eclipsed by the powers of conventional medicine. Yet, the author keeps the stone as "an aspect of soul that lasts"; a reminder that healing is not confined to the physical body, but is influenced by the mind and soul as well.

Primary Source

The Knitted Glove

Publisher

Nightshade

Publisher

Nightshade

Publisher

Nightshade

Publisher

Nightshade

Publisher

Nightshade

Publisher

Nightshade

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Place Published

Troy, Maine

Edition

1991

Edition

1991

Edition

1991

Edition

1991

Edition

1991

Edition

1991