Short Yuma Poems

Bad-ass old bear:
Grizzly
Grizzy

Cougar from Arizona:
Yuma
Puma

Cowardly Cock-a-Doodle-Doer:
Chicken
Chicken

Un-cool Terrier:
Dorky
Yorkie

Larcenous bird:
Robbin'
Robin

Slave-driving beaver:
Dam it
Damn it!...

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Cumulus clouds drifted leisurely across the azure sky. The sun smiled warmly

at the earth and called to the naked perennial trees and bushes, and soft

soil of the earth to propagate. Several bouquets of blended color daffodils 

and irises lay upon the graves of Enola and Yuma.









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My dancing spirit traveled with the wind to prepare a way for Yuma.

My spirit travels with the wind over the tall pine trees, the mighty oak trees, and the grassy knolls, past the Mississippi, and the Nanih Waiya Lake to the sacred Nanih Waiya Mound.

There my spirit prayed to Hashi Ikba to protect the soul of my son from Impashilup and lead him to the passage of his ancestors.





















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Don’t let her smile fool ya, she’ll make ya crawl
If looks could kill, she’d burn a hole through y’all 
She’s a fiery philly
Saloon owners aren’t silly
Cayote ugly’s bar none, warned don’t start a brawl
                                                           
Met on deck at her fab watering hole
The kind who leaves ya a heartbroken soul
Stay clear, Reina's her name
If ya ain’t got no game
Ya see her gussied up courtin, cry troll!...

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