Short Native American Poems

Short Native American Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Native American by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Native American by length and keyword.


Premium Member Native American

Remember ; Mountain :
When Paiute canoes paddled :
Bygone many years

Inspired by Raul's Contest " Morning Ambience "
Form: Haiku


Premium Member Drum Circle

Rhythmic
Beating
Pounding 
Echoing
Resonating
Intoxicating
Transporting
Haunting



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Premium Member groundhog moon

shadows lurking near
	early spring ghost-like spectre ~
	precognitive flash
		

(February Full Moon – Algonquin)
Form: Haiku

Premium Member yellow leaf moon

brightest bulb in sky
colors trees with chill and hue ~
	sparks of cold winter

(September Full Moon – Assiniboine)
Form: Haiku

Red Flower, White Moon

Temporary

Love is a tiny bird
Landing on her branch
Only to soar far away.
There's no saying
How long she will stay.
Form: Rhyme


Nunna Dual Tsuny

"Nunna Dual Tsuny"

wild roses now grow
as living epitaphs on
"the trail where they cried"

©deborah burch
1.29.2013
Form: Haiku

Wild Horses ~ {a Septolet}

beautiful bangtail
spirit untamed
racing tumbleweeds
thundering
across mesas

stallions wrestle
under night skies...

Premium Member sturgeon moon

solunar evening
	serene azure beckoning ~
		 stirrers of the deep

(August Full Moon – Great Lakes and Lake Champlain)
Form: Haiku

Premium Member fish moon

fish swimming upstream 
spawning dreams of renewed life ~
	cries of joyfulness

(April Full Moon – coastal Tribes)
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Awareness

Been asleep for long
Aboard this old train of dreams,
Time to awaken
To a truth long forgotten:
The tale of the forsaken.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member bony moon

bare bleached bones shining
	vapored vision of verglas ~
		horned owl screeches surge

(February Full Moon – Cherokee)
Form: Haiku

Premium Member freeze up moon

sterile white snowflakes
	coldness covers the still night ~
		snow wolf fluffs its tail

(January Full Moon – Algonquin)
Form: Haiku

Premium Member moon of brown leaves

mustard spreads its warmth
	stone ground with bits of bold brown ~
		leaves valiant passing

(September Full Moon – Lakota)
Form: Haiku

Premium Member falling leaves moon


warm winds whispering
        sweet sounds silently soothing ~ 
		lone leaf lands lightly

(October Full Moon – Cree)
Form: Haiku

Read To Write

All those who write, train them to lead 
To read all writings in some more speed 
To find time to write more writings to read
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Quileute Legends

A pact has been made
No feasting on human blood
The Cullen's behave




http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/fantasy-2.php
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Last of the Mohicans

War Brothers More blood spilled Red man and white Love
For the Favorite Movie Contest..
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member Wyandotte Turtle

Wyandotte Indians
the peninsula dwellers
Iroquois speaking

their sign is turtle
the world was created
on the turtles back
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Christmas cold moon

Christmas cold nocturne
	brightness lights the noiseless night ~
		restless reindeer rise

(December Cold Moon – Mohawk)
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Island Girl

This island is my garden,
As its gatekeeping warden
I protect all of which is splendid.
I forbid thee entree for what you did.
Form: Quatrain

Plain Old Country Boy

am from the south 
thats my rout
am about soul
i do have golds
no doubt am reaching out
i  grew up with toy
PLAIN OLD COUNTRY BOY

Awakening

a warrior awakes
full~ hardened at sunrise
love breaks his fasting
young squaw with belly rounded
quickening~ a warrior wakes
Form: Tanka

He Had Intercourse With a Chicken

His fur was soft and clean
 as he ran
 it was like a dream
 when he tripped and fell
 staight into hell
 then he started to scream
Form: Rhyme

Rain Drops

Raindrops on my bedroom window,
I watch them falling from the sky.
Side to side they'll softly flow,
But down, down they'll fly.
Form:

Cayugan Tears

My wheat ringlets 
join my grandmother's thick dark hair 
— incompatible 
to those who throw stones 
and call me "white Indian"
Form: Tanka

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