hot moon
chocolate-cracked earth
sizzling Stygian summer ~
lizard on a stick
(July Full Moon – Native American)
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Categories:
native american, animal, environment, moon, native
Form: Haiku
A Name By Any Other Arose
Native Americans call me 'Paleface'
'Roundeye' say the Chinese race
to a Scot I'm a 'Sassenach' 'Boyo' to those in Wales
altho' a 'Limey' in New York
I answer to none such hails
once a 'Gweilo' in Hong Kong Down Under was a 'Pom'
you may give a dog a bad name (and/or a bone)
he may even be your (best) 'Pal'...
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Categories:
native american, fun, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Geronimo - 1829-1909
1905
Geronimo went to Washington
to meet the Great White Father
(where he hoped to bury the hatchet)
and save his Indian Nation...
checking into his hotel, the desk clerk asked,
"Do you have a reservation?"
The perfect poker face when playing cards
(his guards were nearly always broke)
said to be blood-thirsty, his winnings used he
to pay for educating children of the Apache.
He...
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Categories:
betrayal, native american, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
WHICH WOLF WILL YOU BE FEEDING
It is impossible when I’m, looking out over the mountains in N. C.
not to feel the influence, the presence…the spirit of the Cherokee.
When I think how in this country and the world…
there is a battle between people who are inhumane to one another…
and those who are compassionate and kind..
up here in the mountains of North...
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Categories:
inspiration, native american,
Form: Rhyme
Save Our Native SistersI as Cherokee must take a stand,
and say no more missing females from Native lands
Too many have gone missing through the years,
Along with too much sorrow and tears
I along with my Native sisters must stand and fight,
Along with our brothers to do what's right
I will shed my blood if...
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Categories:
native american, america, community, courage, family,
Form: Free verse
JUNE BERRIES
Juicy and sweet, these berries delight,
Unique flavor with a hint of almond's bite.
Native to North America's land,
Eaten fresh or dried, both are grand.
Baked into pies or made into jam,
Enjoyed in wines, a treat for the fam.
Rosy bronze leaves in spring's embrace,
Rich in nutrients, a healthful grace.
Indigenous peoples cherished them so,
Essential vitamins they bestow.
Saskatoon berries, nature's...
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Categories:
fruit, june, native american,
Form: Acrostic
berries ripen moon
mauve to indigo
sweetened by nature's largesse ~
mockingbird mayhem
(June Full Moon – Haida)...
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Categories:
native american, bird, celebration, environment, moon,
Form: Haiku
Identity and the Mirror of Consciousness
Before the emergence
of consciousness
we were
a reflection of God
Afterward
unable to perceive identity
through internal reflection
God became a reflection
of US
Consciousness
splitting the mirror
2 hemispheres
Asking
WHO ARE YOU
But
No mirror
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Categories:
native american, analogy, creation, culture, earth,
Form: Didactic
hiku 40
a placid lake at sunrise
bending to fill a weaved basket
water's reflect a native squaw
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Categories:
native american, nature, water,
Form: Free verse
frog moon
perpetual rains ~
pompous peepers parading
warming spring waters
(May Full Moon – Cree)...
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Categories:
native american, animal, environment, moon, native
Form: Haiku
Joshua Moore MinnesotaDamp linens flung aside
sodden cushions
Flank by flank
She was damp
Nickel sack and bark rings
Verdant gaze meet hazel orbs
Ripe late April Northern Flatlands moisture
Slaughterhouse savory mist perfume
Slender dull rose covering on the pane
Cooling unit recirculating
Coral beams groom her visage
Midday vernal noon
the drizzle ceased the light slivered in
Naked gourd blossoms adhesive juice
Lurching brined
The toddler flesh on her abdomen
She...
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Categories:
native american, america, angst, children, confusion,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Very SomethingHealing through drinking.
Enjoying life through smoking
Tobacco and weed.
Perhaps natives were always
Onto that very something....
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Categories:
native american, addiction, drug, happiness, life,
Form: Tanka
fish moon
fish swimming upstream
spawning dreams of renewed life ~
cries of joyfulness
(April Full Moon – coastal Tribes)
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Categories:
native american, dream, environment, fish, life,
Form: Haiku
a sincere prayer for white wolf womanMay the healing mother give your heart peace
May the forgiving father watch over you as you sleep
May your spirit animal, the deer, issue you much needed comfort
May your totem, the turtle, show you the way to health
May your sweat lodge sisters pray that your cancer dissipates
May your family dream of better times and ways to...
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Categories:
native american, prayer,
Form: Free verse
blood worm moon
metamorphosis
black-headed beetle larvae ~
willful wings unfurl
(March Full Moon – Naudowessie (Dakota)
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Categories:
native american, animal, environment, moon, native
Form: Haiku
Specific Types of Native American Poems
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