SALAMANCA A PROPHECY

Artist The Alternative Press

Artist Jerome Rothenberg

Date2/21/1974

MediumLetterpress print on cardstock.

DimensionsPaper Size: 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineGift of Gary Eleinko, 2023

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

Published by The Alternative Press, Issue Number 6.