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Native American Poems | Examples of Native American Poetry

Native American Poems - Examples of all types of native american poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for native american.
All hail The Silver Skins
(with nudity optional) Not another effort from The Lefts bleating masses, but the sparkily aristocracy of cerebral-celebritys; their binary-duality sweeping earth-wise. I don't object to the subject necessarily. All Hell Breaks-Loose sometimes For Heaven's Sake...Read the rest...
Categories: native american, columbus day, community, earth
Form: Burlesque



Premium Member keeping the child company
Indian brave turned thirteen, it was his time in the woods He was to spend the night, blindfolded, listening to sounds A large animal came to keep him company, he knew not what But he felt its presence...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, native american,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THE RAINL THE WIND AND THE SUN
The rain that showered us all evening had stopped. although many drops were still clinging to the trees… As I walked a few of those drops fell down on me coaxed off their leaves by an early morning...Read the rest...
Categories: native american, rain, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member sucker moon
catostomidae a spiritual cleansing ~ sacrificial grace (April Full Moon – Anishinaabe)...Read the rest...
Categories: native american, environment, fish, moon, native
Form: Haiku
Skin Walker
Only an Alchemist can master the mist at the flick of a wrist, but here's the twist... A White Witch can switch into a hag real fast and cast a spell that leads...Read the rest...
Categories: native american, identity, Lullaby, magic, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme



The Legend of Johnny Cash
I dreamed of Johnny Cash last night, his music spoke to me, I said I thought that you were dead, but music lives said he, but music lives said he. From Folsom, to Fort Bend, for every soul behind bars, he asked...Read the rest...
Categories: native american, death, dream, music, native
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Black Powder Mountain
Just about a mile outside pyrite town there's black powder mountain, forever looking down. It has a grizzly disposition and a couple veins of mean lightning licks the summit at every opportunity. Some went up to tame it and...Read the rest...
Categories: native american,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member three see his tender side
Wolf Heart has a noble soul his tribe reveres him Apache, Cherokee and Wyandotte fear him only three see his tender side his power animals and his wife Eagle feather...Read the rest...
Categories: native american,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sam was Never Alone
The shipwreck had left Sam a bit delirious. He had been floating in the ocean on a board for days. The sky opened and he saw a white cloud Sitting on it was a white wolf There was a...Read the rest...
Categories: native american,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Sun watching over the Lake
Sun gazing throughout the sensual faint hues dazzling off the lake the holy spirit appears in my midst while giant Egrets land on cool waters as thousands of white herons perch nestled so completely calming my...Read the rest...
Categories: native american, america, christian, courage, morning,
Form: Free verse
Nothing Left
Little ones gone house gone husband gone life gone dreams discarded they tell me run along I leave my homeland with a song one day I may be old I will come back to die with my family buried long ago never forgotten one day, there...Read the rest...
Categories: native american, abuse, africa, bible, native
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No love like yours
You were dressed in a midnight blue Hooded cloak, the full moon an apparition Of your face. I fell in love with the eternal abyss of your Heart and pondered upon the fists you clenched Fiercely only to see...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, native american,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member wind strong moon
weighty winds whirling tempestuous character ~ robin wings flutter (March Full Moon – Pueblo) ...Read the rest...
Categories: native american, bird, environment, march, moon,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member bald eagle moon
opulent opal magnificence in motion ~ mutuality (February Full Moon – Cree) ...Read the rest...
Categories: native american, animal, bird, environment, moon,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member bear moon
beatific ball curious cavorting cubs ~ progressive playground (February Full Moon – Ojibwe)...Read the rest...
Categories: native american, animal, environment, february, moon,
Form: Haiku

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