Combing the Snakes from His Hair

by James Thomas Stevens

The title, Combing the Snakes from His Hair, alludes to an Iroquois story of healing. Atatarho, the Onondaga leader, had a crooked body and a head covered with snakes. In order to achieve peace, Atatarho had to be healed: his mind straightened, his body straightened, the snakes combed from his hair. Similarly, during the writing of these poems, Stevens experienced a healing, a setting straight of his life and a setting straight of the record...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870135902
• ISBN13: 9780870135903
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"