Long Red man Poems
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Keep It Turnin' To the Right
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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Categories:
red man, day, earth, funny, life, love, satire, work,
Form:
Rhyme
Crazy Horse Monument
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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Categories:
red man, america, education, history, native american, tribute, usa,
Form:
Verse
Voyage To the Bottom of This
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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Categories:
red man, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, america, business,
Form:
Free verse
On the Edge
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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Categories:
red man, angst, community, conflict, desire, prejudice,
Form:
Political Verse
My Small Brown Dog--
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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Categories:
red man, analogy, animal, dog,
Form:
Concrete
Prejudice--The Reality --Part 2
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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Categories:
red man, america, anti bullying, anxiety, change, character, discrimination,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Patriot Parade Part 1
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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Categories:
red man, america, history, humor, humorous, military, patriotic,
Form:
Ballad
Clockwork Car
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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Categories:
red man, satire, car, old, car, old, time,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Irony
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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Categories:
red man, 12th grade, abuse, political, prejudice, racism, rights,
Form:
Free verse
American Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows and Howling Wolf
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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Categories:
red man, art, conflict, death, history, humanity, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Verse
Open Sesame
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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Categories:
red man, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
Monster
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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Categories:
red man, history, politicalwar, people, freedom, people, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Are We Not Brothers, Made From the Same Dirt, Tribute To Philip Freneau
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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Categories:
red man, appreciation, conflict, dedication, history, humanity, native american,
Form:
Rhyme
My Jouncing Gait During Boyhood
(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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Categories:
red man, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, appreciation,
Form:
Elegy
Native Americans
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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Categories:
red man, native americanpride,
Form:
Quatrain
The Wind Whispers Our Names
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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Categories:
red man, introspection, native american, sad, red,
Form:
Rhyme
Indians-Cowboys and Refuge
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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Categories:
red man, life, parody, red, boy,
Form:
Light Verse
Semaphore
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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Categories:
red man, devotion, faith, hope, love, light, green, light,
Form:
Verse
Native Song
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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Categories:
red man, native american
Form:
Narrative
Undocumented Warrior
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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Categories:
red man, america, culture, freedom, native american, pride, race,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Primal Beat
merciless genocide
slaughter of native peoples
wrought with (super) wanton zeal
feeble ability to thwart
"discoverers" rapine wicked onslaught
...
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Categories:
red man, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, america,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Grandpa
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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Categories:
red man, grandfather, grandmother, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Indian Girl
--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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Categories:
red man, adventure, girl, life, native american, spiritual, tribute,
Form:
Ballad
Granma's Free Stone Peaches
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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Categories:
red man, on work and working, people, recovery from...,
Form:
Light Verse
Creator Sees All
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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Categories:
red man, abuse, america, creation, discrimination, history, native american,
Form:
I do not know?