Springfield Soliloquy-- THE TRAIL OF TEARS--Missouri

By Wanda Sue Parrott
with Special Introduction by The Unknown Indian
52 Pages, Penny Peephole Publications 2004 Poetry, 4-1/2 in. x 8-1/2 in., Softcover (with photos)
This expository epic poem is so controversial the author, unable to get a literary review, threatened to sue city hall in order to gain publicity. Why? To halt her 17-year muddle through the muck of urban sewage spills and flooding conditions that destroyed her property, depleted her retirement savings, and threaten her life ( and the lives of countless other innocent victims) in Springfield, Missouri. The poem airs her case in the Court of Poetic Public Opinion in hopes no one tempted to fall victim to publicity--that touts Springfield as one of the ten best places in the U.S. to retire--also gets stuck going down the drain. This is a public pot boiler in which the antagonist is the homesite where Cherokee Indians may have camped during the federally mandated relocation (genocide) of 1838-39, when the Trail of Tears passed through Missouri enroute to the so-called "Nations" in Oklahoma. The appearance of an Unknown Indian poet's spirit, and protagonist Wanda Sue's revelation she had a Chickasaw ancestor, make this true work "probably the one and only poetry book I will ever write. Proceeds from book sales are earmarked for payment of my legal fees for suing in real court, or my burial, whichever comes first."

$12 per copy.
(includes U.S. postage; add $4 for Foreign postage)
To order:
Make check payable to: TRAIL OF TEARS FUND
Send to: Amy Kitchener's Angels Without Wings Fdn.
1325 W. Sunshine St., Box 168
Springfield, MO 65807