Clovis Once Upon the Land

Day dawns
Morning brings
An Ice Age breeze

Glaciers retreat
Pathways open
To an ice-free corridor

Distant ice 
Endless views
Earth beneath the sky

Early migrants
Ancient hunters
Spread across the land

Mysterious Clovis
Journey far
Intrepid people

Spreading east
Some go south
Prospering across the land

Mother mammoth
Baby follows
Herds upon the meadow

Mammoths graze
Others drink
Soon to drift away

Distinctive points
Superior work
Made of jasper or of chert

Quartzite cores
Chipping blanks
Make deadly edges 

Quiet stalking
Lethal spear
Hunters make their play

Thrusting spear
Penetrating power
Delivers lethal blow

Scraping hides
Roasting meat
Over glowing embers 

Thankful hunters
Ritual offerings
A shaman dances

Itinerant camps
Family clans
Move across the land

Centuries pass
Clovis vanish
No longer anywhere

Working trowel
Sifting tray
Excavate a buried site 

Material remains
Revealing secrets
To learn about their ways