Best Buffalo Poems

  They thundered across the fertile plains,
  Those hardened hooves, those tangled manes,
   But now the Buffalo can't be found.
   They thundered across the fertile plains.
   The long grass has vanished from the ground
   Where...

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elder's spirit born
white fur roams among brown capes
pale face prophecies...

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The Stars and Moon had long been friends
    but this was set to change.
As the Moon just up and walked away
    moving swiftly out of range.
And what was left was dark and void
    and this was...

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Alexander buffalo can’t dance even for grass.
His imbecilic jitterbug keeps leaving many nimble organists perplexed
Quickstepping really scares the unprepared viewer
While Xander yells, ‘Zumba!’...

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Legend or prophecy, one cannot understand
Beautiful woman, a warrior pure of heart 
A message to all who seek peace, love and harmony
Seven sacred ceremonies
Sweat Lodge, naming, healing, adoption, marriage
Vision Quest for communicating with Him
Sundance for the well being of people of all nations
Harmony and Spirituality...

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THE BUFFALO
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


THERE WAS A TIME I ROAMED THESE PLAINS
FAR BEYOND WHERE THE EYE CAN SEE
IF YOU LIVED ON THESE PLAINS 
YOU HAD TO DEPEND AND FOLLOW ME
IF YOU WANTED QUALITY MEAT TO EAT
GRASS FED AND IN GREAT QUANTITY


IF YOU WANTED FURS AND PELTS...

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Buffalo Bill

Stood in the rain and caught a chill

Was very ill and in some pain

He moaned and groaned…"This is a calamity, Jane!!"...

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This is the story of Buffalo Bill
An ordinary buffalo was he - until
A beautiful flower he saw on a hill
Instead of grazing
He just stood gazing
With joy the flower did him fill


Soon left behind was Buffalo Bill
The herd thinking he might be ill
Not knowing why he...

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X
marked
the spot-
when sawbucks
were riding the range....

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grazing in blue fields
majestic white buffalo
partly cloudy skies

thunderous stampede
men on black stallions give chase
deadly storms brewing

lown clouds gobbled up
glutenous storms have prevailed
buffalo extinct...

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Watching a Buffalo Bills game Last night.
I was shocked to see a player down!
Lying on his back, to our surprise!
 We hoped, You get up from the ground.
It was more serious then we knew.
 As you were fighting for your life.
As the Nation prayed for...

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There once was a time
During the long forgotten era
The frontier so majestic
In the age of the arrow

All the tools needed
The Earth would provide
Nothing went to waste
Considered creed to the tribe

A land vastly open
Natives once called it home
A place where the buffalo
Majestically once roamed

Free from democracy
Yet...

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Buffalo Dreaming
Watching out over prairies
No longer roam them...

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Eastern dam
	 A vast expanse of
		Captive water
	Long grass and reeds
		Marshy acres where
	Where the dike’s inadequacy	
		Overflowed 

The hoarse call of
	Mating geese
		On flighty wings

Ducks plummeting
	To a watery landing

A gilded Teal	
	A fledgling Heron
		On awkward limbs
	A Meadowlark
		A Whippoorwill 

Sweet breeze caressing 
			Gentle doe
				Knee-deep in swamp
	Gazing intently at

Shadowy rider
	Perched contentedly	on
			Looming...

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The one that got away
A girl who turned heads anywhere
Oh how I wish she would stay
As all could see we were the perfect pair

Sadly though she left without chase
And I could only watch perfection go
Mourning to see her flawless face
Combined with her natural glow

Reality struck...

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