Wedding Native American Poems

Mayan Poetry Translations

The Receiving of the Flower
excerpt from a Mayan love poem
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Let us sing overflowing with joy
as we observe the...

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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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Bright

A tiny seed and plain dirt. 
Water, sunshine, and faith.
Then… not quickly, not slowly…
but… at the right moment.
A delight to the eyes, 
and a magnificent...

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Lurking Darkness

Sleep now my love, 
you have earned a great rest. 
It has been hard on you.
It has been hard on us. 
There is still...

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My Mind Is Playing Again

I long to ride the sky
On a high ridge drive
Where mountains’ purpling winds

Make haze.

Where smoky blue covers valley curves,
And the cry...

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The Nameless


Slipping through the sieve of history,

the nameless rest.

Not for the nameless are roads renamed, nor monuments built.

Not for the nameless are songs sung, nor...

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Cherokee warrior i am
First son of the chief
Named, Bright Cloud
After my ancestors belief
 
Bride i must choose
For my sons to be born
Ceremonial dress
Tee-pee adorned
 
My...

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That funny lookin flat thing in there is callin me nite to all,tom...

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Is that the stuff a mommy puts on her non-gay son when he gets a boo-boo?...

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