Sister Native American Poems

I wonder how different our world would be if throughout our history
we saw everyone as our sister and our brother….
If we realized how much we...

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massively the amazon passes under 
giant water lilies like a slow road
off this vein of the jungle a
Sateré-Mawé boy plunges his hand
into a glove made...

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1.The dogma of atheist does not contain any stance
(positive nor negative)about any form of incest.
about pig eating,about swine soup,about fried frogs,
about consensual gaang baang etcetera.
2.Moreover,most...

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Aiyana is a tiny bit jealous of her brothers.
They get to be in the sweat lodge with the men tonight.
This means they will soon be...

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He was already an old man the first time, at us, he waved 
and that memory is one his sister and I…in our hearts have...

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fo'c·'sle    /'fohksel/  noun  deriv: forecastle
      1. the forward part of a ship below the deck,...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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She was a wise woman, a natural being, a female shaman
Her magical ways were known by most, especially the Lakota
We came to her for truth,...

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We Are One


Dear Ancient Sister
I hear your distant calls finding me on a gentle breeze
You have lived in my dreams for many seasons

My voice 
Your...

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We are a proud people, but not stuck up.
We share what we have, and make do with what we don’t.
Grandma Sun wakes us every morning
We...

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The daddy’s eyes popped wide; he started to jump up.
His wife, a shaman’s daughter, lifted a finger to stop him.
It is okay, she whispered. Watch.
Sister...

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Sister Howling Wolf was having another totem dream, tossing in her sleep.
Her most powerful totem, Turtle, was determined to get her attention again.
Stick to your...

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Life never handed her brocades
no silver lining accolades
Diligence, her saving grace
dreams and faith interlaced

She would know the deepest loss
become the one to fight the cause
Sheltering...

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Blue Sky

Rocks.
Deep in the ground. 
Pulled from the darkness
by the sweat of brave men, 
ever challenging the black. 

Holes in the ground that hold the...

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Your Shoes

Are the wrong size. 
I never liked how they looked, but I was silent.
You made me that way, for a long time.
Not forever.

All grown...

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