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Written, July 06, 2025 (AI Free)
For the International Contest, Kundalini
Sponsor, Unseeking Seeker

My people the Ojibwe believe in one Holy Great Spirit, Kitchi Monitou, the creator and source of life. Anishinaabe is our spirituality, a system of life beliefs, blending harmony, spirits and nature. We are guided by mothers, fathers, grandfathers, grandmothers, elders and our spirit ancestors above. Their teachings, and stories form the basis of what has been passed down for generations, first written on birch bark scrolls. Stories, ceremonies and symbols are important to us. We are taught from children, harmony and balance, respectful behaviour. Each must experience vision quests, fasting in solitude to find our spiritual guide. The seven grandfathers in the sky teach us that the eagle represents unconditional love and compassion and the wolf humility, the bear is bravery and courage, the raven is honesty, the buffalo respect, the beaver wisdom, the turtle truth.
the drums are beating around a fire I dance . . . an eagle flying
My mother and grandmother were storytellers, I would listen enthralled by their voices, perhaps it is the reason I am a writer. The spirit of our Holy Creator filled me with the ethics and morals to live my life in spirit. We believe spirit inhabit the world in animals, plants, the elements, and the celestial bodies. I have taken the eagle as my spiritual guide so I too can fly high in the sky to be close of the creator.
on a ragged cliff a war horse and Ojibwe girl . . . a feather lost drifts

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