Sacred Flute (Paperback or Softback)

Sacred Flute is a collection of poems infused with and inspired by Native American Indian culture, history and legend, and are not necessarily redactions-these poems are transcendent of that.

This collection focuses on Native American nations on the North American continent.

An association to a particular Native American nation is made whenever possible. In many cases, the poems were directly influenced by those traditions of the represented Native American nations, but in other cases when it was less clear, the sentiment was recognized as American Indian and an appropriate connection was sought and found. Each major section is also introduced by the such. At times, the connection is made through an epigraph or in the body of the poem, at other times, it is through a postscript.

Bibliographic and Internet sources that have influenced and/or informed these poems are cross-referenced with bracketed numbers in the body of work.

Attempts have been made to at least capture the major Native American nations, either directly or through their language groups.

John C. Mannone has poems in Anthology of Appalachian Writers XV [Barbara Kingsver], Red Branch Review, Windhover, North Dakota Quarterly, Adanna Literary Journal, Anacua Literary Arts Journal, Number One, Artemis Journal, Poetry South, Red Coyote, Blue Fifth Review, New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Baltimore Review, Pedestal, Pirene's Fountain, and others. He's a Jean Ritchie Fellowship winner in Appalachian literature (2017) and served as the celebrity judge for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (2018). He has four poetry collections, and three chapbooks. He's been nominated for the Pushcart, Rhysling, and Best of the Net awards. He edits poetry for Abyss & Apex and Silver Blade. He's a professor of physics and nuclear safety consultant teaching mathematics in East Tennessee. He lives in Oak Ridge, TN. Visit the Art of Poetry/The Music of Words http: //jcmannone.wordpress.com