Tipis Poems - Poems about Tipis

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...

Categories: tipis, autumn,
Form: Free verse

Sacred Dwellers

...Sacred Dwellers

I am of Native American born
To be caretaker of Mother Earth sworn 

I heal with powers, a medicine man                                    
Tribal’s wise supernatural shaman

...

Categories: tipis, animal, native american, spiritual,
Form: Couplet

Decolonize

...It has come out of academia,
and gets some play in the media too,
they cry about ‘decolonization,’
as if time is something they can undo.
They all say it is wrong to go against this,
and I have ...

Categories: tipis, culture, history, native american,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

People of the Horse

...Came from the North displaced by the cold winters,
They migrated to America these creatures
Natives saw the horse differently from the Spanish
As a gift to their People 
Respected godlike before ...

Categories: tipis, animal, blessing, horse,
Form: Narrative

The Genocide At Wounded Knee

...On December the twenty eight in the year eighteen ninety
Major Samuel Whitside was on patrol, with the seventh cavalry
When they sighted a party of Indians from the Lakota nation
And told them...

Categories: tipis, america, death, military, murder,
Form: Narrative

The Tribe

...A native known as, "Prettycock"
Wed quite young and bred a flock
As children wed
The tipis spread
And now their tribe is known as "Squawk"...

Categories: tipis, relationship,
Form: Limerick

Echoes From the Eagle Spirit Society

...The reverberating sounds of the Drums and the sweet melodies
The wavering movements of the tree suggest that they enjoy the rhythm that they hear
Tipis and feathers creating an artistic view of cul...

Categories: tipis, art, beauty, bereavement, courage,
Form: Blank verse