Best American Indian Poems
Below are the all-time best American Indian poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of american indian poems written by PoetrySoup members
American Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows and Howling WolfAmerican Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows And Howling Wolf
Thirsty for red moon, its sacred beams and eternal pull
howling-out to speak to this dark and blind world, without...
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Categories:
american indian, art, conflict, death, history,
Form:
Verse
North American Indian - ContestNative American people had a set rule of living
The men hunted and protected
The women, cook, child mind and made clothing
To maintain both was an...
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Categories:
american indian, history, , cute,
Form:
Verse
The American IndianThe American Indians have a story to tell
and a way of life that history knows so well.
For many years, the great tribes stretched across the...
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Categories:
american indian, appreciation, beauty, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Gold FeverGold Fever
History will not record the bloated weight
Of this pious and bigoted race
Or count the fat and flaccid wealth
Of religions idolatry
Those pages have...
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Categories:
american indian, faithfaith, political, perspective, ,
Form:
Free verse
Hijacked By Lexicon ThieveryThis poem may get into trouble,
The world wants identity double.
Attempting to culture commonality,
The world champions individuality.
Theft of language has become all too common,
Yesterday’s use today...
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Categories:
american indian, change, color, confusion, gender,
Form:
Rhyme
Seeded
"Seeded"
planted in the mind, another way of being
outside spectrum, the act of forgiveness
the lore of love, united with the Seven Sisters
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
"The Pleiadean...
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Categories:
american indian, children, creation, forgiveness, future,
Form:
Free verse
A View of HeavenLong blue-black, straight hair.
The color of a raven so rare.
Cheek bones chiseled with grace.
A tan Native American face.
Hair, braided with a ritual feather.
...
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Categories:
american indian, fantasy, native american, passionnative
Form:
Couplet
Free As the Wind Ode To Native American IndiansOh how I wish
I could set free
the native American Indian
with pride and dignity
taking them back
across the great open plains
to their sacred home
in the lush green...
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Categories:
american indian, dedication, dream, fantasy, happiness,
Form:
Ode
Categories:
american indian, absence, america, art, books,
Form:
Epic
Race-IsmRace-Ism
What makes one man or woman better than another?
Should we think differently of those who adapted
to another environment and adapted another color?
If our differences are...
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Categories:
american indian, black african american, immigration,
Form:
Rhyme
May They Live OnMohawk, Mandan, Kikapu, Cree,
Yakoma,Seminole, Crow,Shawnee.
Arapaho, Chippewa and Sioux,
Mystical names to me and you.
Names like Delaware, Fox and Paiute,
Listen to their music on the flute.
Lakota, Macuna,...
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Categories:
american indian, america, discrimination, eulogy, holocaust,
Form:
Rhyme
A PrincessRuby Lee
R... Right or wrong I came here.
U.. uncertain of what life would be.
B... Because God wanted me here.
Y... Young, I was once.
L... Love I...
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Categories:
american indian, granddaughter, native american,
Form:
Acrostic
Spectrum of Healing TouchesThis tanned wee white child of Welsh-English
With a bit of American Indian flowing
like a creek running through the meadow;
p-h-y-s-i-o-l-o-g-y spelled out loud
Daddy was proud...
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Categories:
american indian, life, work, me, ,
Form:
Free verse
Hugh JackmanIf Hugh jackman,s time as wolverine is thrue .
Then maybe I can fynd him , sumthing else 2 du !
He could play a part...
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Categories:
american indian, adventure, anxiety, blessing,
Form:
Ballad
ColourDo we see the world
through rose coloured glasses
Durst cut up the bodies of people
Psychologists say
He must have a mental illness
perhaps but the spanish
conquistadors...
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Categories:
american indian, abuse, people, prejudice,
Form:
Narrative