The Old Indian
...THE OLD INDIAN
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
A story making the rounds about an old apache
Who said, I remember everything thats happened to me
A New York newspaper picked up the curious news
Invit...
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Categories:
tipi, fun, funny, muse,
Form: Rhyme
Tipi and Tiki
...Tipi and Tiki two girls homebound,
One had diarrhoea one was sound;
One got in a yellow press,
Other a hell of a mess,
Between two stools one fell to the ground....
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Categories:
tipi, fun,
Form: Limerick
Once Upon a Dark Dream
...The beautiful obsidian butterfly A kachina doll Given to a young native girl, by the eldest women in the tribe, ...
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Categories:
tipi, character, dark, dream, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Buffalo
...THE BUFFALO
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
THERE WAS A TIME I ROAMED THESE PLAINS
FAR BEYOND WHERE THE EYE CAN SEE
IF YOU LIVED ON THESE PLAINS
YOU HAD TO DEPEND AND FOLLOW ME
IF YOU WANTED QUALITY M...
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Categories:
tipi, betrayal, culture, history, native
Form: Rhyme
The Unsung Coup
...A warrior by nature as summer grew in sultry heat,
I sweated with desire to count coup on the first foe I beat,
Swear by my breech clout I would grapple in hand to hand assault,
Toss and turn this...
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Categories:
tipi, native americanred,
Form: Free verse