Winter Count Poems

Poetry. Native American Studies. It would be painful to interfere/ To set the locust among the corn/ To set the tiger upon the lamb/ To set man against fellow man/ To adjust the conquest, oversee the plan... (Memo) . The poems in WINTER COUNT POEMS are spare, sometimes stark observations of the realms of nature and history, recording the world with no requisite tampering or interference. Ballard: My poetic effort came naturally at first and was concerned with Native American topics. Over the years these early topics gave way to other influences and some experimentation. At present I feel that my control is much more definite but also a matter of long and difficult thought. Charles G. Ballard is an associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and the Director of Native American Studies.