Summer Native American Poems
These Summer Native American poems are examples of Native American poems about Summer. These are the best examples of Native American Summer poems written by international poets.
Adivasi, the NativesNatives, Adivasi, however we identify them,
They were there before we came, and took over their land from them,
We used them, displaced them, put a...
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native american,
Naked TreesNaked Trees
Fall becomes Winter
Naked Trees fill the yard with decaying brown leaves
Hanging on to a few who refuse to leave the safety of their branches
Leaves...
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native american, america, autumn, culture, education,
The Camping SagaSo relaxed, it makes me nervous
Your dutiful, unbridled service
You, traveling in a gypsy's circus
Of course, it all makes sense
We put up tents and take down...
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native american, adventure, environment, fishing, freedom,
Massacre At William Henry, Part IYoung Ned was only sixteen years old when
they called for the militia to come again,
having warred with the French for three years now,
and raids had...
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native american, america, conflict, courage, history,
Torch Lake - Passing On the TorchHe walked up from the lake
Throwing open the door of the glorious day
Like a smiling OB-GYN snapping off his gloves
With a toolbox in hand
Delivered to...
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native american, boat, celebration, courage, family,
Indian SummerEvery summer, there were always places
In which we slumbered together.
I once believed it’d all be lost forever.
No matter, however, we’ll always be together.
Be it through...
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native american, childhood, family, life, native
Antebellum ElegyPrologue
Abandoned and in disrepair the mansion
Is dark now; a story behind every stanchion.
It is an unwitting monument to a way of life,
Since foreclosed...
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history, native american,
Order of the ArrowThree days and topo,
Drawn circle to stay
Within; can’t
Encounter another.
Three days of solitude
Bare provisions, no tent;
Fruit, jerky, one egg,
Three matches.
The rest of food...
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mountains, native american, nature,
It Knocked, So I Built a DoorSomeone once said,
"If opportunity doesn't knock,
build...
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native american, adventure, career, confidence, devotion,
We Are a Proud PeopleWe 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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native american,
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,
Song of the Canoe
Song of the Canoe
The empty canoe floating alone.
Soft, smiling, summer leaves.....her only companions.
A rare, friendly sparrow...
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native american, beautiful, fantasy, image, native
Spring Dog and Falling EagleSpring Dog,
like any terrorist
I've ever not quite met,
not seen eye to eye,
nor found knowable,
nor fathomable,
Out to see the world
and form colonies
to feed his cancered Ego,
Teaches...
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native american, dog, earth, health, native
Meaningful Numberthe number falling before three and preceding five
sacred in my culture to ground us to the nature of all things
the time of life when 'being'...
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life, native american,
Your ShoesYour 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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Categories:
native american, anger, anti bullying, grandfather,