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Mississippian Poems - Poems about Mississippian


Premium Member More Than Race-F
...Despite the day-to-day signs of man’s bitter degradation, there were many in the South who somehow still failed to see the endless pain of segregation. From the viewpoint of those who never lived the......

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Categories: mississippian, america, family, race,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Etowah Indians
...Half-Eleven Form Contest/Nina Parmenter THE ETOWAH INDIANS The Etowah indians, tribe of redskins, trading their buckskins. Mississippian mounds base of temple grounds — history asto......

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Categories: mississippian, history, native american,
Form: Rhyme



The Seventh Child
...But I walk along. Forte to my cause. A fort of strength… Militarily built - Therefore, must be militarily defeated. Many say I am a buyout - Too much intelligence to decipher. No l......

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Categories: mississippian, adventure, america, appreciation, autumn,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Stepping Stones
..."Stepping Stones " From the mind of a veteran many demons flow... Not mine specifically. I only flirt with dark places. Like poltergeist and Carol Anne, I don't watch television after 2 a.m. I s......

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Categories: mississippian, anxiety, war, perspective,
Form: Prose
A Box Factory
...A BOX FACTORY During the time of enslavement, Many stories were told. Life as a Mississippian was not uncovered. In Black History, no one knows the tale Of Wolfe’s Plantation there in ......

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Categories: mississippian, africa, black african american,
Form: Imagism



If Mississippi's In You
...IF MISSISSIPPI"S IN YOU If Mississippi's in you It'll always be that way; It matters not how far you Or how long you stay. If Mississippi's in you, It always plays a part; In how you......

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Categories: mississippian, culture, home, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

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