Native American Poems - Examples of all types of native american poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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bony moon
bare bleached bones shining
vapored vision of verglas ~
horned owl screeches surge
(February Full Moon – Cherokee)
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Categories:
native american, animal, bird, environment, moon,
Form: Haiku
Wangari Maathai’s Final WarningI planted trees, but you set forests on fire.
I healed the earth, but you poisoned the rivers.
I told you, again and again,
that the land is not yours to wound—
but you carve its flesh with greed.
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Categories:
native american, anger, deep, earth, earth
Form: Free verse
WAS THERE EVER A TIME?
An old couple seated on a park bench…lamenting the trouble the world is in…
wondered if there was ever a time when the hierarchy of human values
was not based on the color of one’s skin.
A time...
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native american,
Form: Rhyme
Fawn is her Spirit AnimalAt day break, Commanche maiden wanders to the river
Solemn silence greets her, then a tiny flick in the water
Brother catfish, she guesses,
Movement to the west
She turns and meets the eyes of a fawn
The creature is...
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Categories:
native american,
Form: Free verse
Little Wolf Meets Little WolfLittle Wolf met her namesake this week at Apache festival with her brother.
They were together all week, running from one booth to another
Can we keep him? She asked her father, a chief and her mother.
I...
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native american,
Form: Rhyme
Hope this was OkayWarmth in a wigwam on a December afternoon.
The sun was going down, but it was cozy and hot inside.
my invited dinner guests would be here soon,
so, I began organizing things I wanted to eliminate or...
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Categories:
native american,
Form: Rhyme
Do You Share your Spirit AnimalLittle Bear was watched over carefully by her bear spirit animal
She did not always see her, but she felt the bond and communication
When she was scared or upset, the grizzly bear showed up in spirit
To...
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Categories:
animal, native american, spiritual,
Form: Blank verse
STRONG, CONFIDENT AND WISE
From our connection with Native Nations…
the first people to walk this land…
comes three bits of wisdom
that have to do
with the way we stand….
The first one sets the tone:
May we be be strong...
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Categories:
native american,
Form: Rhyme
POWWOW
Today I celebrate the Powwow…if you’ve ever seen one
you’d find it not only beautiful but informative and entrancing….
It’s the Native Nations’ ceremony of feasting, singing and dancing,
It’s a time to come together…to let one’s heart...
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Categories:
native american,
Form: Rhyme
Buffalo WomanBuffalo woman knew the value of life
She understood the beauty of the mountains
Anticipated the ebbing of the night skies
She appreciated the sprinkling sound of autumn leaves
Buffalo was her power animal
She was fierce, determined, resolute and...
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Categories:
native american,
Form: Blank verse
she who likes animalsShe was a proud Osage who loved her tribe, her family and her skunk.
He had adopted her when he was a baby; he loved her so….
Will he spray me? Potential suiters asked, a bit afraid...
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Categories:
animal, native american,
Form: Free verse
Displaced--The Trail of Tears
As rain falls hard and soaks the ground
and thunder roars its mighty sound,
so tears of the displaced may fall,
our cries bespeaking dearth and pall.
The Deep South tribes of long ago
were forced to forge a trail...
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Categories:
history, native american,
Form: Kyrielle
WALK IN BEAUTY
If we look for indigenous wisdom
we will find it everywhere we go…
Today I’m grateful I’ve found it
in the wisdom of the Navajo
With beauty before me
I walk
With beauty behind me
I walk
With beauty beneath
I walk
With beauty above...
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Categories:
beauty, native american,
Form: Rhyme
SEVEN GRANDFATHER TEACHINGS
It’s ironic isn't it…how even though we tried to destroy indigenous cultures
and replace them with our own.
how even though we no longer want this history to be known…
How in spite of all this and...
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Categories:
native american,
Form: Rhyme
freeze up moon 2
a solemn whiteness
blankets the arctic muskox ~
luxe qivuet duvet
(January Full Moon – Algonquin)...
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Categories:
animal, moon, native american,
Form: Haiku
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