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Totem Poems - Poems about Totem

Premium Member totem and taboo
Was it last year, or yesterday? Old Totem asks Taboo Who ordered orchestra to play Was it myself or you? We never ever ordered that Replied to this Taboo But they performed a finest set Played waltz and boogaloo So did we dance that night away? Good Totem asks Taboo I thought it was the other day But doubt if it’s true Your got the memory lapse,...

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Categories: totem, fun, humor, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Native American Totem Maybe
a ghostly figure swooped down into the night I got my vision goggles out to see what I could a bird flying? an omen? a native american totem? knew not....

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Categories: totem, native american,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Her Totem Was An Owl
Wyandotte princess sent her favored owl out to the camps she trusted his council, he would come back with a plan a link between her ancestors and her offspring, an ancient wise entity, in the form of a hoot owl he would be full of ideas, she allowed herself to dream knowing this is how he would convey the plan to save...

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Categories: totem, animal, native american,
Form: Free verse
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 the Shoshone tribe? She asks her mother. At three in the morning Aiyana finds herself out of her body. She is now...

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Categories: totem, animal, native american,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Red Fox Totem
Red Fox is a totem being, for in true wisdom, he is seeing, though in dreams, an image fleeting; it bears repeating, it bears repeating. Reminds us all, we have to laugh, have fun, play, be a little bit chaff, though some may call you, old Falstaff; you’re not riffraff, you’re not riffraff. Late at night, when old moon beams, red fox will come...

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Categories: totem, animal, appreciation, earth, nature,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Goofy Woofy Halloween Totem
Goofy Woofy Halloween totem is sitting proudly. Gawkers are making comments, some rather loudly. A few make fun of the animals, as they look funny. I am not one of them. My disposition is sunny. Goofy Woofy Halloween totem makes me want to play. It is sitting in the cornfield on a warm October day. They take their job seriously, inviting...

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Categories: totem, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Jack O Lantern Totem
I saw a jack-o-lantern totem in the field across the street. Three faces smiling at me. Their attitude could not be beat. The top one was the smallest, and gray which was odd. The bottom jack was black. She gave me a sassy nod. The middle jack-o-lantern looked like one I made one day. I watched these merry jacks, and...

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Categories: totem, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Little Bear Meets Wedge of Cranes
An energetic wedge of blue cranes doing mating dances entered into Little Bear’s dream state without warning Are they my totem? My spiritual advisors? My power animals? He believed in such things, being Navaho. He asked the revered shaman for advice The crane will bring you luck and fortune You will succeed where others have failed. Keep him; he will teach...

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Categories: totem, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Owl a Spirit Totem
With the wisdom of your power animal It is time to face the shadows Be fearless without nocturnal fears Seek wisdom in silence, as your totem, owl Your truth is parading in the dark. To reach your highest self You will become an owl Wisely soaring past the highest trees Opening doorways to higher realms...

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Categories: totem, animal, native american, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Twilight Totem
chirping exhaust trails of a streaming philharmonic blue-winged panegyrics float in on a breeze of murmurs dazzling brainwaves prevail upheavals of a dawning melody sequels of an aurora psalm silken song of a chickadee twilight fascination in strands of a woven sapphire orchestral melodic line a thalia chorus with notes of birch on a spring morning 4th Contest Place Winner Written: June 21, 2022 A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CHOICE...

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Categories: totem, appreciation, bird,
Form: Other
Wolf Totem
I breathe fire like a dragon killing demons And I fight hard to kill the devils in my heart I blow steam like an engine running through the night Keep pumping ‘else my motor’s gonna fall apart I survey down like a falcon during midday Looking for my next meal, seeking resolution And I charge on with a wolf totem within...

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Categories: totem, 11th grade, animal, endurance,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member My Totem Hat
My favorite hat is a totem hat. It starts with a bull, then a deer, then a catfish, wearing a tiara. It is something that I created myself once upon a time To delight kindergarten students. They giggle incessantly, but do not get the significance of it. The fourth graders are less than wowed. I care not. I did not make...

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Categories: totem, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Free verse
Wolf Totem
A wolf is a powerful animal Symbolizing courage and strength There are so much to know about them I could talk about it at length Wolves come in many colors Black, white, brown or grey They always seem really scary Even when they just want to play A wolf is a wild animal and has an appetite to be free Living it's life with...

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Categories: totem, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Horse Totem
In deep of forest he roams with might A silken coat flaring through eve’s air; When moon casts boldness on a steed’s rite To journey free… far as runes declare, My horse totem enkindling power Directing flights in my younger days -- Where carousels merry blessed the hour This kinship granting me strength, ablaze: Flows his mane of auburn, a crown’s hue Resting kindly...

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Categories: totem, animal, self, symbolism,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member You Have a Teddy Bear They Say
Burly bear takes direction from young human girl She is not demanding but does have swag and attitude From other humans she shelters burly bear, Keeps him a safe secret she only shares with those she trusts At first only grandma, later her mother Oh goody! You have a sweet teddy bear, they say Discounting him as a simulated animal...

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Categories: totem, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

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