Short Apache Poems

Hugh Hefner booked tickets out West
To discover whom God had blessed
One night at dinner
He saw the winner
Miss Apache Medicine Chest...

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Halito

Follow the rythms of nature
Rise and retire with the sun
Enjoy life's journey
But leave no tracks

Copyright © by Scarlett Anderson...

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Dreams land
In a pot of gold
When pink
Cherry blossoms unfold
Branches listen to
The blue voice
Of the Apache-sky 
Remember, dreams 
Stay gold...

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The most common subject of quips
Is a girl endowed with two blips
But under the covers
Gallop Pole discovers
Those girls can haul ass with their hips!...

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An Apache hid out in Dragoon
Was revealed by the sight of his moon
In Judge Roy Bean's twang
Came, "By God, you'll hang!
You caused Lily Langtry to swoon!"...

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Wolf Heart has a noble soul
his tribe reveres him
Apache, Cherokee and Wyandotte fear him
only three see his tender side
his power animals and his wife Eagle feather...

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We Apache take owls in a storm as a warning
This owl was exceptionally fierce looking
I cringed, instantly thinking of death and destruction
I could hear the wind’s anger...

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little flower whisper
fairy with attitude
apache born

recruiting braves in their sleep
rejuvenating their ideas of bravery
giving them directions

as fierce as any tribal chief
little flower whisper...

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Spiritual beings
Caretakers of land
Legends and stories
Lovers of children
Saviors of settlers

United States
Cherokee nation
The Paute Tribe
Crow and Lakota

Apache
Wyandotte
Mohaw tribe

Native
People

Home...

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Thunderbird princess lives in her own truth
Aware of her many assets, shining her light,
Showing confidence and capability in all she does
Her words wise, her counsel sought by others
Revered and respected, a sky daughter of Apache...

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light
      dark
          all around,
where
          to run
where
          to hide.
Quick,
          look
             over there
run
run
haste
         haste away
then..
          wait..
safe at last

Inspired by Shadows 'Apache' YouTube clip...

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she wears feathers better than a peacock
More of them than a revered Apache chief
Feeling their strength, understanding they have flown
Their ancestry coaxes her to shine her light

She parades their beauty down the catwalk
Showing them off, as they show her off.
Other models gawk, appreciating her designs
Where everything is moving and fluttering...

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Why these tears?
What can they mean?
The pain I feel, it is the same,
whether or not it has a name.
I am a living tear that flows.

All the pain I feel today
Is just tomorrow’s yesterday.

I am a living tear that flows.
Why these tears?
What can they mean?
The pain I feel, it is the same
Whether or not it has a name.
 
              JVB     May 15, 2006 White Mountain Apache Reservation, Arizona...

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I am an Apache brave, the preteen rat said.
He had always wanted to be one, this critter, Ed.
Why not a Wyandotte, an Osceola or a Sioux?
This confused the rat, who did not know what to do.

I guess any Indian culture in the USA will be okay.
For I am tired of being a preteen, Ed said right away.
You will still be a preteen, said his wise grandmother.
Don’t worry about it then, just get rid of my brother....

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He was rsised in New Mexico
and became feared more than Geronimo
The army enlisted  him as a brave
to track down other braves.
Accused of many crimes
he escaped many times.
He led many raids
with his four braves.
He didn't trust his tribe 
so he stayed on the outside.
People say he died
in a fight with soldiers
others say he died in his cave.
Even ranchers claim 
to have killed the brave
down in New Mexico way
after a raid....

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Among hills Apache red
Where damas and vaqueros
Built up a homestead
Past the mercados
And hills with a vague past
Running aside the mission 
Its white walls chaste
In the glow of the noontime sun 
Past a dreamy mountain range
And several places where in brief
There was a Butterfield stage –
Runs a highway through my life
And whether bathed by the sun
Or a cloud of headlight glare 
It continues to function
And remain my anchor....

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     ~ An Eight-Line Treatise on 'Settler Colonialism' ~

         The Apache beat up on the Cheyenne
           and the Iroquois on the Sioux

         Mohawks ‘mohawked’ the Mohicans
           Aztecs turned the Cree into stew … 

         Now Europeans are called ‘settler colonialists’
           but who does America really belong to

         Probably Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon man
             ~ dispossessed by Indians too




        
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Oh Great Dream Weaver
may the strands of hair 
be placed just so

While the fog settles down 
out in the fields hovering
ever so low

With wise hands just where 
to wind the leather
to know

How to entangle bad dreams,
caught upon your web
so away they go

Through the many intricate 
patterns and all the 
tiny little holes

Permit the good dreams 
to pass through and
take hold

Halito = Blessings to you in Choctaw-Apache
Copyright © by Scarlett Anderson...

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John was invited to participate in the sweat lodge ceremony.
You may or may not experience your vision quest.
He had no preconceived ideas but enjoyed his Apache friends.
A bit of peyote put him into another realm.
He shapeshifted, becoming a red-tailed hawk.
He flew to the top of the mountain.
He felt adventurous and free, he had passion and strength.
He never wanted to come down.
Afterwards he knew he could meet any obstacle
Surmount any pinnacle.
It was more than enough....

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