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Sioux Poems - Poems about Sioux

Sioux Poems - Examples of all types of poems about sioux to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for sioux.
Premium Member Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
...During the Civil War, money came late, Indians starved, left to their fate. Two braves came across a white farmer's food. They were hungry and stressed and in a bad mood. Little Bear picked up ......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, betrayal, courage, native american,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member I am an Apache Brave
...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 g......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member THE WOLF MOON
... Today I walked under January’s full moon…it’s called the Wolf Moon… and I’m grateful to the Sioux.. who, many years before me, walked under this same moon too! Who, during this time of year, i......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, moon,
Form: Rhyme
My Valley
...My Valley Tucked away in the north-central part of the state, about ten miles or so from where the clear and slow-moving water of the Grand River mixes with the quickly rolling mud of the Missouri......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, poetry,
Form: Haibun
Pow Wow
...I long to dance and chant around the orange crackling fire in front of my tribe, the Sioux Hot humid July night. Sweat and passion. Kick up the dust from my ancestors teachings. Yip and scream my......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, fun,
Form: Free verse



There Was No Noble Savage
...I sometimes hear a stubborn myth, that before Europeans came the locals of America all lived lives quite peaceful, and tame. The old trope of the Noble Savage, that somehow manages to persist,......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, america, history, humanity, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
What Happened To the Giants, Part I
...You may have heard folks speak about giants, it certain circles that some call ‘plain nuts!’ among cryptozoological types they’re speculated upon rather much. And every few months on the intern......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, conflict, history, myth, people,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Legend of the Sun and Moon
...The Lakota Sioux tell a story about the sun and moon which is ultimately a story about love…and loss… about two tribes that lived on either side of a river… a river they were forbidden to cross. ......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, love,
Form: Rhyme
Preference, Not Prejudice
...Value is personal all cultures through. Check out the visitors seen in your zoo. Younger kids love to pet the mama ewe while teens want to watch baby snake’s debut. I fancy museums, what about yo......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, 11th grade, appreciation, culture,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member The Field
...Summer resplendent sun glowing in the photosynthesis of viridescent grass. Waving blades like long fingers flowing, the sudden sighing gusts come and pass. The field lives palpable in the anamn......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, beautiful, flower, nature, peace,
Form: Pastoral
The Secrets of the Fall
...Each year we would drive up the canyons, and take in the tapestry of autumn colors. The aspens with leaves of yellow and gold, would wave to us as we passed them by. There seemed to be an ambianc......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Sioux Pad
...An angry girl can throw a punch That makes a man toss up his lunch To co-exist Avoid her fist By giving her a Nestlé Crunch!......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Tale of Two Lines
...When the byline was my line, I soared past the skyline When my line was the bye-line, I boarded the Sioux Line ... _______________________________________________ Note: Th......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, goodbye, word play, writing,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member Howling of the Coyotes
...When shadows fall across embattled land Dusk creeps slowly westward over the plains Comes a-wailing, howling of the coyotes Searching for prey among the dry creek runs Thirsty anim......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, animal, native american, night,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Chicago Five-F
...Was it her or was it him? Was it the mixed signals of dixie, Or was it pure blooded Memphis? Was it fresh, matured, and promis......Read the rest...
Categories: sioux, marriage, romance,
Form: Verse

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