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Shoshone Poems - Poems about Shoshone

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...Upon a throne of obsidian night, A crown of stars, a burning light, He sits, the Snake King, eyes of jade, Where ancient power is displayed. No gilded cage, no velvet chain, His kingdom stretc......

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Categories: shoshone, allegory, color, destiny, family,
Form: Blank verse
Scale Moves
...Here's a song lyrics that incorporates the themes and ideas you provided: [Intro] (Sensual R&B beat starts playing) In the old world, where grandeur reigns Luxury and opulence, the elevated t......

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Categories: shoshone, america, blessing, candy, chocolate,
Form: Ballad



Snake Queen
...(Verse 1) Old World regal, check the vibes, I'm livin' lavish, Maybach music, oh so classic, like a royal palace. Silk drapes, gold plates, we in a zone of grandeur, Heavy R&B vibes, smooth like ......

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Categories: shoshone, appreciation, body, how i
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Aiyana Finds Her Totem Animal
...Aiyana is a tiny bit jealous of her brothers. They get to be in the sweat lodge with the men tonight. This means they will soon be discovering their totem animals. Why is this only for males in th......

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Categories: shoshone, animal, native american,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Happy Hunting Ground
...Happy Hunting Ground David J Walker I wonder If a campfire is Burning bright In the Yellowstone Tonight Two men Buckskinned Fur hats Made of martin ......

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Categories: shoshone, death,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Idaho Why Not
...Let’s go see Shosone Falls, Hells Canyon, Craters of the Moon Museum. Hold up! I said to my excited husband; where are they? Smack dab in the middle of Montana, Wyoming, Washington and Oregon. The......

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Categories: shoshone, usa,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sacagawea
...Born the daughter of a Lemhi Shoshone chief she was captured by the Hidatsa in her teens. And sold to the Mandan Missouri River tribe where she met and married Toussaint Charbonneau. A French ......

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Categories: shoshone, adventure, celebrity, history, imagery,
Form: Blank verse
A Few Words To the American Mogul
...I don’t have the financial muscle To wrestle the American State President intellectually If the truth be told ; I don’t have half enough in my savings account To ridicule the financial dry season......

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Categories: shoshone, racism,
Form: Epic
A Compelling Spirit
...A vision legendary among Native Americans... glimpse her in your mind’s eye young Shoshone woman with a papoose on her back stands on a precipice surveying the wild panorama ......

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Categories: shoshone, appreciation, native american, tribute,
Form: Free verse
High Desert Moon
... Old tumble-down adobe dwellings That seem to glow… In the night…In the light Of the desert moon And the glitter in the eyes Of the creatures of the night Shine bright in the light......

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Categories: shoshone, america, culture, imagery, magic,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Soul Stance River - 29
...The Nez Perce Indians who lead lean lives on these knolls and river brooks have a style of soul that sneaks into the songs of the sun and plays on the prayers in the patience of their dreams, they......

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Categories: shoshone, adventure,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Soul Stance River - 28
...The Shoshone bargain their horses like apathetic bankers, what we all have in common is constant starvation and near death stumbles, several times this month our pack animals have slipped and fall......

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Categories: shoshone, adventure, history,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Soul Stance River - 26
...With our Shoshone friends and escorts we are headed to the Nez Perce Trail, an ancient path that joins the West to East, its late August the pines smell spiced with emerald soul, wise and healthy, ......

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Categories: shoshone, adventure,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Soul Stance River - 25
...Christ! A warparty of 60 Shoshone warriors has just stampeded into the meadow faces painted red and white for blood and death, all sorts of strange designs, bows and arrows ready to fly on us, sku......

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Categories: shoshone, adventure,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Soul Stance River - 24
...Our fortified camp is well out of range of arrow, or gun shot, except the rear flank, of course the Shoshone are reputed to be deficient in firearms but are expert in hand weapons and guerilla tact......

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Categories: shoshone, adventure,
Form: Epic

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