Short Totems Poems
Short Totems Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Totems by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Totems by length and keyword.
Profound Observations
Stately totems of the proudest tribe,
not as sleek as the evergreen pine...
the blood of the Sioux flows,
the carnage is a terrible loss.
Corps sprawled as harvested corn husks
that grew on prairies beneath huge rocks....
hear the wailing of violated women,
and the loud cry of hungry children....
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Categories:
totems, death, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Totems
In fevered mornings, the salted sky
has halfway birthed her fiery sun.
All day the houses will guard the sea
with totems of windsocks and briny shells:
a foamy shoreline where bones of
dreams and shards of thoughts
are laid to rest, reclaiming the child
you were, spread-eagled, creature
to God, God to creature....
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Categories:
totems, environment,
Form:
Blank verse
The Songs of the Hawks
the clan's totems
have been stolen -
between the awakening white teeth
of the twilight stars
they came
their blood-sucking beaks & talons
hidden under the soft feathers
they came
singing the sonorous songs
like the weaver-birds of the clan -
the songs of the hawks
lured the eagle & her eaglets
into a new dance of the forest -
& the clan's totems
have been stolen...
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Categories:
totems, depression, nostalgia,
Form:
I do not know?
Black Hills, South Dakota
Gigantic pylons of wind-carved granite
Form astonishing pillars of natural wonder
Sculptures to rival Borglum's finest faces
Perilously perched along the winding trail
Punctuating the Black Hills with awesome
Commas of towering mystical totems
Where once the proud Native Americans
Roamed with the buffalo in blessed peace
written August 25, 2021...
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Categories:
totems, history, places, vacation,
Form:
Free verse
Dogging
She was a good dog but at times
she could be a ,
like the way she would look back
when I called her
with a certain demeanor, perhaps borrowed
from my ex-wife.
I wonder sometimes about old souls
and totems and all the other
confusing mishmash that folks
fall back on when a dog looks at you
as if it were taking you for a walk,
and you had better try
a whole lot harder....
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Categories:
totems, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Denominator
Behold the bold denominator!
extraordinary matters level off
and find the lowest trough;
so-called experts mingle
as they winnow fact from fluff.
Prophets' exclamations gone to dust,
totems crumble, metals turn to rust,
we try for clarity, a bitter pill
for those who trick with ambiguity,
and cause the truth to spill.
Avoid inaccuracies,
seek and hold a firm foundation,
exercise your p's and q's,
then will excellence be won,
the goal of true communication....
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Categories:
totems, philosophy,
Form:
Verse