{"id":3363,"date":"2013-08-18T05:25:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T01:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2013-08-24T06:33:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T02:33:58","slug":"a-weavers-tale-a-poem-by-carver-wayne-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/a-weavers-tale-a-poem-by-carver-wayne-price\/","title":{"rendered":"“A Weaver’s Tale” — A Poem by Carver Wayne Price"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jennie Thlunaut’s hands weaving closing up the black braids to the eye – May 1986<\/p><\/div>\n

As we weave the fabric of our lives, working hard through all the days<\/p>\n

Mixing colors into twine, cedar too for warp that’s mine<\/p>\n

Our hands do hurt but I won’t complain; my students here I’m going to train<\/p>\n

To be a weaver of the robe, that people know over all the globe<\/p>\n

Our work we do for time will stand, side by side from my ancestor’s land<\/p>\n

Their hands I see when I close my eyes; heads of grey, hands wrinkled and wise<\/p>\n

Their training I feel all through these days, now I pass it on in so many ways<\/p>\n

What I teach I hope and pray, they will learn and weave will stay<\/p>\n

Long past my last earth day<\/p>\n

My Grandchildren’s Grandchildren I hope will say<\/p>\n

This robe I weave is from my land, taught to me by someone Grand<\/p>\n

Our story goes on and we prevail; I’m here to tell you a weaver’s tale.<\/p>\n

Written by Wayne Price in honor of our weaving tour visit in Haines, Alaska three weeks prior and in memory of our weaving mentor, the late Jennie Thlunaut – written 18 August 2013<\/p>\n

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Wayne Price wears the “Diving Whale Lovebirds” Chilkat robe recently woven by Clarissa Rizal – June 2013 – weavers Cherish Clarke, Sherri Atlin, and Georgianna Low are standing behind Clarissa and Wayne at the Adaka Festival photo shoot – photo by Ken Kaunshansky<\/p><\/div>\n

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