Bitter Tears
...I’m a modern Native American
Recalling with pride
Our mighty Indian Nations
Before the attempted Genocide.
The tide of invaders that
Washed across these lands
With conquest in their hearts
An...
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Categories:
manitou, america, history, hope, native
Form: Rhyme
September Sandhills
...September’s end descended swiftly
on the island of Manitou, as dark clouds
and strong winds vanquished yesterday’s
sun, bringing gray skies and cold rain.
In the fields, sandhill cranes gather,...
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Categories:
manitou, nature, september,
Form: Free verse
The Great Lakes - Part Two
...Lakes Michigan and Huron are basically a single lake,
Sometimes called Lake Michigan-Huron, combined doth make
Total area of 45,300 square miles (117,000 km2)
Have the same surface elevation of ...
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Categories:
manitou, cool, devotion, environment, fishing,
Form: Free verse
The Great Lakes - Part One
...Pellucid pearls in northeastern North America since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth
Straddle Canadian...
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Categories:
manitou, creation, environment, joy, sea,
Form: Epic
Bleeding Heart
...Great Spirit hear us, our Manitou.
Holy Spirit don’t let our Nations perish.
There were many millions of us living in Abya Yala
before colonists called it America.
Now only handful of us rema...
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Categories:
manitou, religious,
Form: Verse
Great Turtle Rising : Birth of Mackinac Island
...She rose up, great green turtle of mystery
From chlliy depths of sapphire blue.
Drenched in a rich history,
Centuries of legend, lore and tales true.
Her shores are cloaked in limestone,
Ledge...
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Categories:
manitou, america
Form: Free verse
Steampunked At Portmanteau
...the Manitou heathen have sunken two of your majesty's king Rupert's ships a fierce battle with in minutes after a warning of shots fired by your ships the ...
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Categories:
manitou, adventure, allegory, fantasy, future,
Form: Free verse
On Barr Trail
...ON BARR TRAIL
the going is steep –
twenty-five percent grade –
twelve miles to the top
legs tire already
we plan to go half way up
to where the trees stop
from there only rock
and no beauty in the...
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Categories:
manitou, nature,
Form: Haiku
Crocodile Grin
...Manitou slides
Doppelgänger silhouette
Ballet prides
Twisted contorted pirouette
Pierrot dolls glare twingingly
Stare wistfully from shaded mottled space
Ventriloquist disgusting tricks
From two d...
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Categories:
manitou, childhood, fear, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Vision Quest
...VISION QUEST
The Sioux chief Brown Eagle taught me self-respect
And I saw my life as an Englishman must have greater purpose,
And that these "savages" were actually my saviors.
The spirit of ...
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Categories:
manitou, adventure, imagination, native american,
Form: Verse