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Manitou Poems - Poems about Manitou

Manitou Poems - Examples of all types of poems about manitou 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 manitou.

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......Read the rest...
Categories: manitou, america, history, hope, native
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member 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,......Read the rest...
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 ......Read the rest...
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......Read the rest...
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......Read the rest...
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......Read the rest...
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 ......Read the rest...
Categories: manitou, adventure, allegory, fantasy, future,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 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......Read the rest...
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......Read the rest...
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 ......Read the rest...
Categories: manitou, adventure, imagination, native american,
Form: Verse

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