Best Headdress Poems

The Nile riverfront is awash with rich tones
golden sand, brilliant white water, and thriving greenery
scenery too heavy for the papyrus its printed on
the sky is ablaze with the reddish orange of iron rust
dirty yellows cascade about the passion charred city-scape of Cairo
hazy with smog and...

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Woman with the blue feathered headdress, what is your name?
You have such a concentrated look, I think you must have some fame.
Your eyes are familiar, you are exotic, marvelous, majestic and fine.
You must have grown on the loins of a gorgeous gracious goddess’s vine....

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Crow chief adorned with the whitest eagle feathers
Brought to him piecemeal by tribal elders and hunters
Constructed in a loving way by wise women of the tribe
Worn with pride at evening council fires and ceremonies
Eagle headdress striking fear in enemies of Crow
Giving him an extra boost...

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