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Iroquois Poems - Poems about Iroquois

Iroquois Poems - Examples of all types of poems about iroquois to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for iroquois.
The Fort, In Days of Old
...The paddlewheel unloads people, tourists who were out on a cruise, above the docks and the gift shops the brown palisades come in view. (The canoes draw up on the beach, Iroquois out looking t......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, history, imagery, memory, people,
Form: Rhyme



There Was No Noble Savage
...I sometimes hear a stubborn myth, that before Europeans came the locals of America all lived lives quite peaceful, and tame. The old trope of the Noble Savage, that somehow manages to persist,......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, america, history, humanity, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Legend of the Thunder Bird
...american indians know the good deeds and intentions of the thunder birds. Ojibwe say they were created by Nanobozho to punish immoral humans. thunder birds have supernatural powers and strength, wo......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, native american,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mapmaker, Mapmaker Me
...Warsaw, Moscow cities in Indiana Pekin, Paris towns in Illinois All four northwest of the Iroquois... Don't ask me why I wrote this Ask me inst......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, city, kiss, silly,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Two Poems About the Iroquois
...Ruler of the Cataracts-Maiden of the Mist The thundering waters of the Niagara. Voice of the mighty spirits of the water. The natives believed and yearly sacrificed a white canoe with fr......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, native american,
Form: Free verse



You Are Owed No Reparations, Part Ii
......And what of my English background, when those damn Normans came to town, they slaughtered us, and left us ruled, by Frenchman with ambitions cruel! So Paris owes me lots of cash, and London o......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, africa, anger, history, how
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ritual
...RITUAL The anthropology professor said Iroquois ways were a fading reflection, a cultural trace of a poetic narrative of indigenous wisdom, tribal traditions that marry the spirit of a primit......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lady Liberty Still Stands Proud In New York Harbor
...When did the arms of Lady Liberty turn inwards Her torch extinguished; her poem long forgotten? You have heard me say it often since begotten That which makes America greatest is her diversity. ......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, america, history, language, new
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member When Cultures Collide
...When Cultures Collide Where the river ends And the ocean begins; Cultures collide And history’s tide, Erases a way of life For the indigenous people. St. Lawrence Iroquoians Welcom......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, culture, education, history, native
Form: Verse
Melody Haromised
...FROM THE DESK OF HUGE GRAPPLYN IS BEING BOUGHT TO YOU BY the action packed love story... "SINGLED" THE FILM STARRING DRICCER DENNLES AND hEATHER HOLT cinema-cinema films in theaters Septembe......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, sports,
Form: Ballad
The Sacred Iroquois Sky
...oh great mountain high what peaks that touch the sacred Iroquois sky as blue as robin's egg drift through her Iroquois eyes......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Holder of the Heavens
...HOLDER OF THE HEAVENS religion of love — the Holder of the Heavens spurs unity and purpose the longhouse people strong belief in afterlife honored Spirit…lived good life ......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, native american,
Form: Choka
National Cred
...My home on native land I stole that from a T-shirt Gotta give credit Where credit is due Canada 'eh Kanata Iroquois for settlement or village And here's where I slip in pillage Pardon my d......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, appreciation, native american, peace,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Iroquois Nation
...My great great great grandfather... a long time ago the people of the longhouse kept my ancestors 8/17/2018 * I have a bit of Native American in my background :)......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, native american,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Quahog Clamshell
...the quahog clam shell for chowder and wampum beads ...Iroquois treasure 8/17/2018......Read the rest...
Categories: iroquois, native american,
Form: Haiku

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