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Wild RiceBeneath the Wolf’s breath,
rocks cradle my resting form.
Wild rice sways, whispers—
nature's soft secrets unfurl,
beauty bathed in dawn's light.
Note: Wild rice growing at mouth of Wolf River in Wisconsin on Menominee Indian Reservation....
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Categories:
native american, nature, river,
Form: Tanka
Hika BayHika Bay
Silent hawks appear
outside our window
two,then four,now six
form a floating dimond
A kettle of hawks roam high
on ancient air
sent by first peoples
to remind us
We dont own these wonders
they belong to Hika Bay
we are just the...
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Categories:
native american, animal, appreciation, bird, environment,
Form: Narrative
Clouds of Grey HuesClouds of grey hues,
Swim across the air above.
A dove is flying high,
Racing to reach his nest below.
You can feel the rain,
Drizzling droplets from the sky.
Pouring as it comes,
Faster and faster raindrops...
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Categories:
native american, 5th grade, april, beauty,
Form: Romanticism
Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeDuring the Civil War, money came late,
Indians starved, left to their fate.
Two braves came across a white farmer's food.
They were hungry and stressed and in a bad mood.
Little Bear picked up an egg, Grey Elk...
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Categories:
betrayal, courage, native american,
Form: Lyric
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...
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Categories:
native american, columbus day, community, earth
Form: Burlesque
keeping the child companyIndian 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...
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Categories:
animal, native american,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
native american, rain, sun,
Form: Rhyme
sucker moon
catostomidae
a spiritual cleansing ~
sacrificial grace
(April Full Moon – Anishinaabe)...
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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...
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Categories:
native american, identity, Lullaby, magic, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
The Legend of Johnny CashI 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...
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Categories:
native american, death, dream, music, native
Form: Ballad
Black Powder MountainJust 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...
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Categories:
native american,
Form: Rhyme
three see his tender sideWolf 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...
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Categories:
native american,
Form: Free verse
Sam was Never AloneThe 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...
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Categories:
native american,
Form: Prose Poetry
Sun watching over the LakeSun 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...
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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...
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Categories:
native american, abuse, africa, bible, native
Form: Free verse
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