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SALAMANCA  A  PROPHECY
SALAMANCA A PROPHECY

SALAMANCA A PROPHECY

Date2/21/1974
MediumLetterpress print on cardstock.
DimensionsPaper Size: 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Object numberUAC7443.07
DescriptionLetterpress printed poem by Jerome Rothenberg, titled "SALAMANCA A PROPHECY"

Letterpress printed artwork (wood engraving) by Micheal Manfredo

SALAMANCA A PROPHECY

(1)

a city on
a turtle's back
a longhouse
/
was like Jerusalem
's temple resting
on a whale

(2)

impossible to bring it all
together

Jerome Rothenberg
Seneca Nation
Salamanca, New York
21.ii.74

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