Red Man Poems - Poems about Red Man

Red, White And Black Blues

...
The white man stole their land
now the red man has the blues
the white man sold their families
and the black man's still ill-used
the white man shot the American buffalo
now the red ma...

American Buffalo

...
Where have all the bison gone
shot by Sharps shooters nearly every one
where have all the shooters gone
done away by Indians more than some
the red man revered the buffalo
of Manitou's...

Cowboys and Indians 2023

...The cowboys always won
    The Indians always lost
       I yearned to see a cowboy
       with an arrow through his chest

    But then I read a story 'bout
    a cowboy who'd been scalped
  ...

Voyage To the Bottom of This

...Voyage to the bottom of this... 
prevaricated forth write Declaration!

As most every girl and boy
taught back in the day,
learning base sic life lessons, 
when going to Zerns,
now permanently...

Moonshine Shuffle - Moderate Country Waltz

...Moonshine, diesel fumes, and chicken wire. 
Laundry hangin’ on the line. 
Bible open to the Book of Job. 
Backyard thick with prickly pine.

Jacket pocket full of Red Man dip. 
Work boots laced...

Undocumented Warrior

...Undocumented Warrior

By George W. Clever-----2002

I sneaked into this country on moccasin feet
No one knew I was here
Till one day someone asked 
Where is your C.D.I.B. card?			
Putting on ...

Are We Not Brothers, Made From the Same Dirt, Tribute To Philip Freneau

...Are We Not Brothers, Made From The Same Dirt,
(Tribute to  Philip Freneau and his poem,
The Dying Indian)


Are We Not Brothers, Made From The Same Dirt

I welcome you- sweet dawn, soft break ...

Irony

...I won’t hold my breath for the day you stop butchering us. We already have enough issues trying to breathe with you around. They said one should never bring a knife to a gunfight, can you ask them wh...

Crazy Horse Monument

...Crazy Horse Monument

Up there! On the Black Hills Mountain, 1
A work in progress sculptured in granite,
Of a stern faced warrior, strong and determined, 2
Unadorned in a wa...

My Small Brown Dog--

...My Small Brown Dog I see so quite brown ever so furry rather shiny domestic dog;
rather brown domestic dog decidedly kind;
Positively shiny clear, good, hairy
All sharp keen whisker...

Prejudice--The Reality --Part 2

...Prejudice--THE REALITY --PART 2

Prejudice

Yellow man, Red man, White man, Black man;

Yellow man, Red man, White man, Black man;

Yellow man, Red man, White man, Black man;
The whole wide ...

American Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows and Howling Wolf

...American Indian, Nightshades, Moonshadows And Howling Wolf

Thirsty for red moon, its sacred beams and eternal pull
howling-out to speak to this dark and blind world, without fear;
Your echoes en...

My Jouncing Gait During Boyhood

...(an All Poetry feat to walk in 
the poetic feet of Robert Frost)

Bucolic New England, circa
Early twentieth century New England
awash with dynamic harmonic leisureliness,
when much of North Am...

Grandpa

...Grandpa

a kind face
 
skin leathery and creased from years of working in the sun
 
long jowls like a basset hounds
 
sad droplet eyes
 
always a slight aroma of beer
 
brown wrinkled cal...

Primal Beat

...lance armstrong to quail 
most definitely coloring faces 
     of captive 

     American Indians deathly pale
into figurative coffin 
     got hammered 
     rusty nine inch nail

subpar critical population mass 
     for survival, plus storied "red man" 
     bereft of ample potent male 
off limits to original proprietors
 
     forced to hightail  
happy hunting grounds o'er hill and dale
becoming desiccated bleached bones 
     dev...

• Short Red Man Poems
• Famous Red Man Poems
• Best Red Man Poems
• Read Red Man Poems
• Long Red Man Poems
• Red Man Quotes