Snow Native American Poems
These Snow Native American poems are examples of Native American poems about Snow. These are the best examples of Native American Snow poems written by international poets.
freeze up moon
sterile white snowflakes
coldness covers the still night ~
snow wolf fluffs its tail
(January Full Moon – Algonquin)...
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native american, animal, environment, moon, native
Rise At the Sunlit MoonI must travel Eastward
hands among the village people rise at a sunlit moon
along the Soceye river
flourishing fish gather deep
Winter snow melt still brings
a rise to...
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native american, nature, spiritual,
Unalayee - a Gathering Place of FriendshipWe are the weavers of our words
We weave the blanket that covers us
Gives warmth to our bodies
And peace to our souls
We weave the picture of...
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native american, appreciation, art,
A Mountain Man's Tale, Part VV.
She knew he was right, and had little choice,
winter had set in, travel was hard,
but Reid had killed elk, frozen meat to spare,
the ponds he...
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native american, adventure, family, history, loss,
American West In CamouflageBased on painting by Bev Doolittle: Woodland Encounter
American West in Camouflage
Two Indians* hide, in the birch forest,
...
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animal, imagery, native american,
Two Poems About the IroquoisRuler of the Cataracts-Maiden of the Mist
The thundering waters of the Niagara.
Voice of the mighty spirits of the water.
The natives believed and yearly sacrificed
a white...
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native american,
The Last Winter of the Ghost RoadThe death winter came and was cold
With white on the purple mountain
The Tiwahe’, the Standing Rock People
Begged for warm fires from Iktinie the Sun Spirit
Our...
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native american, courage, culture, death, endurance,
Let Me Share the Winds Flight TodayLet Me Share the Winds Flight Today
Let me share the winds flight today
Moving to and fro knowing no boundaries
Lifting the fall leaves in a beautiful...
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native american, bible, how i feel,
The Haunting Adventures of a Dirty Blonde Knight-Mighty Ego TripEscaping from the wintry plight
Fearless knight
Having golden locks
With a physique like a rock
Walked up and down the mountainous block
In the...
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native american, fantasy, hero, lust, marriage,
Sand CreekSand Creek
Dawn arises
And a line of good, blue-coated American boys
Sit astride their horses
Just outside the camp.
They wait
Outside the Cheyanne camp:
Those animals they were here to...
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america, native american,
Cherokee Rosemany days we walked
an unforgiving sun
beating down upon us
and at night
even the cold moon
seemed to curse us...
Seeing what no eye should see
our tears mingled with...
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native american, angst, corruption, courage, native
Native American TranslationsNative American Translations
Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I will extract the thorns from your feet.
For yet a little while, we will walk...
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america, earth, native american,
Bison Hunt, Part Ii...Bob’s gun went off with a resounding bang,
the bull lurched, then slumped slowly to the snow.
Bob let out a loud cry of primal joy,
and down...
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native american, adventure, animal, dream, imagery,
Bison Hunt, Part IThere’s this bison ranch in west Nebraska,
not all that far away from the Pine Ridge,
most of the time they make money off meat,
though when the...
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native american, adventure, animal, dream, imagery,
One Last DanceMy heart stays in Wyoming,
as Montana calls my name
My spurs and bits ‘a jingling’
my soul goes north again
Cody up through Beartooth Pass,
Cooke City just below
The...
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dance, freedom, native american,