Appalachian Studies (1)

Appalachian Studies (i) For Leisa (I hain't sugar ner spice ner nobody's honey.) Here comes Leisa Francisco With eyes bright as a bird's Down from Pike County, talkin Appalachian Saying over thare and naow whurr? Saying down-air and up-air And jabbing with Appalachian banter: I kum to git married. Are you ready? And telling tales of an Appalachian grandmaw Superstitions and charms and cures Until I wonder if she's a good witch A magical grandmother in disguise And I say: H'lo, Grandmaw Leisa. How musical and un-Appalachian her name. How lilting and Appalachian her ways. How wonderful and mysterious her origin. (Grandpaw had a rooster could talk, but nobody but grandpaw knowed what he said. And he wudin tell.) -Albert Stewart 31 ...