Long Red man Poems

Oklahoma cowboy, tough coal miner’s son
Born in Henryetta, south of Tulsa some
Raised by daddy’s momma, taught him wrong from right
Daddy taught him ropin’, taught him how to fight
 
Herding made no money, its stock was...

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Crazy Horse Monument

Up there! On the Black Hills Mountain, 1
A work in progress sculptured in granite,
Of a stern faced warrior, strong and determined, 2
Unadorned in a war bonnet, with his hair flowing in the wind,
And...

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Voyage to the bottom of this... 
prevaricated forth write Declaration!

As most every girl and boy
taught back in the day,
learning base sic life lessons, 
when going to Zerns,
now permanently closed, 
but once upon a time one...

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On The Edge

He lays flat on the floor
on the edge of his mind's cliff.
Taking notes, he wonders
“Is this life worth living?”

He tries to remember,
tries to grasp onto happier times.
Flickers of light flutter beyond his reach.
They...

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My Small Brown Dog I see so quite brown ever so furry rather shiny domestic dog;
rather brown domestic dog decidedly kind;
Positively shiny clear, good, hairy
All sharp keen whiskers, tranquil beard;
Polite hands Bow-Wow what??



  ...

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Prejudice--THE REALITY --PART 2

Prejudice

Yellow man, Red man, White man, Black man;

Yellow man, Red man, White man, Black man;

Yellow man, Red man, White man, Black man;
The whole wide world is filled with dissolution;
Poverty in the streets...

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It was said by pilgrim sons next to the Boston Harbor,
That to take tax without redress was action of dishonor.
And so a team of farmers went and built themselves an army,
To drive the redcoats off...

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Cleaning out the attic I found an old clockwork car sitting in my toy box
It was old and rusty the wheels still went round and it had plenty of knocks,
There was a small hole in...

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I won’t hold my breath for the day you stop butchering us. We already have enough issues trying to breathe with you around. They said one should never bring a knife to a gunfight, can...

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American 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 fear;
Your echoes enter, soulful bones of insightful red man
birthing growing...

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Aladdin and his magic lamp,Ali Baba and his thieves. 
Sinbad and his sailors ship , a thousand tales like these.
I wish I had a djinni, who could open up these doors,
that men with dead eyes...

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Once the religious, the hunted and weary
chasing the promise of freedom and hope
came to this country to build a new vision
far from the reaches of kingdom and pope.
Like good Christians, some would burn the witches.
Later...

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Are We Not Brothers, Made From The Same Dirt,
(Tribute to  Philip Freneau and his poem,
The Dying Indian)


Are We Not Brothers, Made From The Same Dirt

I welcome you- sweet dawn, soft break of day
As your...

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(an All Poetry feat to walk in 
the poetic feet of Robert Frost)

Bucolic New England, circa
Early twentieth century New England
awash with dynamic harmonic leisureliness,
when much of North America favored rustic

visual whirled wide webbed watercolor
waiting afield...

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Long before the ships arrived
Bringing European man,
America’s native people
Dwelt here and loved this land.

Great Spirit was the name they had
For the God that nurtured them,
They asked his blessings invoked his name
And sent their dead to...

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You forced us from our lands 
Killed our warriors and our brides
Called us filthy savages 
Filled the history books with lies

We were a powerful nation 
Lived peacefully from the land 
Had families that we loved...

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High above the valley, staring through the glass;
Sitting Bull is watching, the soldiers as they pass.
Gold is in the mountains, so the white man comes to pillage;
The soldiers come to see to that, by raiding...

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I saw it turn from green to red
The little light inside my head
When I looked into your eyes
And mistook your heart for your lies

Deep inside, you see, I knew
What you were saying was not true
But...

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On arrival in the American Outback I was warned.
“ Beware of the red man.”
“ He is a lazy drunk.”
“A dishonest gambler.”
“And  makes an unworthy neighbor.”

In the late summer heat of a state fair,
I discovered...

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Undocumented Warrior

By George W. Clever-----2002

I sneaked into this country on moccasin feet
No one knew I was here
Till one day someone asked 
Where is your C.D.I.B. card?			
Putting on my best stoic mask I said
Do I need...

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merciless genocide 
     slaughter of native peoples 
     wrought with (super) wanton zeal
feeble ability to thwart 

     "discoverers" rapine wicked onslaught 
 ...

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Grandpa

a kind face
 
skin leathery and creased from years of working in the sun
 
long jowls like a basset hounds
 
sad droplet eyes
 
always a slight aroma of beer
 
brown wrinkled callous palms
 
dirt-stained fingernails...

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--Virginia Slim--

Different eyes, the same world 
Ancient skin, dirty Indian Girl 
Smokey, eyes, exotic raven hair 
---Now listen to  the colors, of transformation, 
On the day she was born, the wind blew in, 
A...

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Granma's free stone peaches
have to be on the truck
the grocery store was just next door,
it didn't seem enough!

Because they ran the RailRoad
Rock Island ~ it sounds tough
and Granma needs her peaches
that grocer better scuff!

The Midwest's...

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They came with a Bible in their hands;
To pilage and steal sacred lands.
It wasn't enough to claim our ancestor's graves;
They also had to make us their slaves.

They teach that the pilgrims and Indians were friends:
But,...

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