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Teepee Poems - Poems about Teepee

Premium MemberImagination

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I bought an eighty-inch TV,
just for the box—
set it up like a teepee.
Jump in like tee-hee!
Throw the screen out the window.
Let it crash.
Now there’s an 80” stuck in my lawn,
and peopl...
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Categories: teepee, adventure, art, boxing day ,
Form: Narrative

Premium Membershe who likes animals

...She was a proud Osage who loved her tribe, her family and her skunk.
He had adopted her when he was a baby; he loved her so….
Will he spray me? Potential suiters asked, a bit afraid of this fluff b...
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Categories: teepee, animal, native american,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberGNRT DAY 19 WHEN OUR TEEPEE BLEW AWAY

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As part of planning this trip—-for one night we were set to reside
in a tiny house in Alberta, Canada…that came with a teepee on the side.

This tiny house had all the amenities we needed…much t...
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Categories: teepee, change, travel,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTeepee

...tall turquoise teepee
setting camp in maroon mind
teal tender thought time...
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Categories: teepee, america, appreciation, beautiful, celebration,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberA Complete Unabridged History of the Wild West - Well Nearly

...[This is the poem that made me think ‘Hmmm… Sixgun Sid?’
Which led to a plethora of (at least one) ‘adventures’]

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Cowboys and Red Indians they rid...
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Categories: teepee, western,
Form: Monorhyme



Traditions

...Big Chief Red Cloud
Man of no little fame
Advising the Paleface
How a child got its name.
It is given by a mother
From the first thing they see
After giving birth and 
First leaving their teep...
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Categories: teepee, baptism, birth, humor,
Form: Rhyme

A Mountain Man's Tale, Part Iii

...III.
“Eagle Vision says since his own son died
he’s felt a hollow no raiding can fill,
that men should be fathers, pass their wisdom
to adopt you as his own is his will.

“From this day forth y...
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Categories: teepee, adventure, family, history, loss,
Form: Epic

Premium MemberNeutral Scrutiny

...Cherub's unfurled fingers faithfully extend to his fallow fringe 
   hung from a chest made firm by suede, sweat and rain.

   Chernobyl blue irises mimic April '86 radiation, 
   dessimating her...
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Categories: teepee, 5th grade, adventure, baptism,
Form: Haibun

Premium MemberSpice Drawer

...I cannot read small labels, my eyes don’t see so well
The labels on my spices: a culinary hell.

I came up with a system; it’s pretty hard to beat,
‘Cuz most of what I cooked before was not so go...
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Categories: teepee, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberFemale Shaman

...She was a wise woman, a natural being, a female shaman
Her magical ways were known by most, especially the Lakota
We came to her for truth, guidance, spiritual wisdom.
The men revered her as much ...
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Categories: teepee, native american,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThanks To the Great Spirit

...He gave thanks to The Great Spirit
Appreciating the cool waters of the streams
Excited for daily food that wanders into his path
Eager to begin a new journey with his love match

She watches fro...
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Categories: teepee, native american, thanks,
Form: Verse

Premium MemberHee Hee

...A squaw called Winnie Hee Hee
Lived in an Indian teepee
She laughed like a horse
And giggled of course
Alas she was odd and creepy....
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Categories: teepee, 10th grade,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberCapital Investment Problems

...A cold and calculating problem
I see
is finding resonantly warm motivation
for resilient employment
by following mere capital short-term acquisition norms
for sacred vocational gravitas,
and ma...
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Categories: teepee, appreciation, caregiving, community, engagement,
Form: Political Verse

God Is a He She

...What if God isn't a he or a she but a he she
eating quiche in a teepee with a toupee 
in the company of a grumpy hippy
seeking to unleash a fart storm our way

solar gusts of gigantic proportion...
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Categories: teepee, funny, god, humorous, tree,
Form: Rhyme

Black Hole

...A man paints a picture
  outside on his teepee

A man writes a novel
  from inside his soul

Each message recorded
  to transcend the seasons

Eternity on notice
  —another black hole

(V...
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Categories: teepee, travel,
Form: Rhyme

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