Salish Poems - Poems about Salish

...Two profound faint clouds approach the skyline. Not close as seethed by the others close by. The two siblings quarrel and risk the whine. Out of a meek pace to a haunting tone. T......Read the rest...

...Salmon Run A flurry of reds emerges distorted from the river; As the Sockeye Salmon return from the ocean, Following the scent of their home stream water, Swimming upstream to the place ......Read the rest...

...The cruise ship charged Whistleless at my sail boat In a narrow channel Between Islands Of The Salish Sea. I was powerless with sails up Tacking against a current Knotted against me. The......Read the rest...

...Spider’s Rigging “I had resolved on a voyage around the world, and as the wind on the morning of April 24, 1895 was fair, at noon I weighed anchor, set sail, and filled away from Boston, where the......Read the rest...

...Land Is A Loom I sailed the fiord like inlets between Powell River and Drury Inlet. The land itself spoke from mountains, torents, islet From bird song and bear splashing fishers From rutting mo......Read the rest...

...THE ISLANDS OF SAN JUAN - TIMESHARE [FOLKTALE] IN A PORTION, A SPELL IS CASTE. THE PEOPLE ARE CALLED NUGLUMMI. IN A TRANCE STATE, THEY EAT HONEY AND BEES ARE FORM FROM THEIR EYES. INSIGHTFUL......Read the rest...

...About eleven years ago through a genealogical search I found out that my adopted father is Salish Indian, thereby making me at least half Salish. I dedicate this poem to the Salish people: ......Read the rest...

...I was taken from this life in the black night, blindfolded to be clubbed to death so that I might be born again in spirit song, dance and name given by my great ancestor who, ten thou......Read the rest...