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Lit->NA Poems: Fly with the Eagles
Posted on Thursday, June 15 @ 12:02:44 CDT (6989 reads)

I stretch out my arms and fly with the eagles
I hunt with the bear
I run with the deer
I swim with the fish
and yet I still am a man.

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Lit->NA Poems: A Song For The People
Posted on Thursday, June 15 @ 11:47:01 CDT (5959 reads)

Grandfather, Great Spirit
I give you thanks
That we can sit here
In this circle of Life,
We send Prayers
And the very best thoughts.

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Lit->NA Poems: The Calling
Posted on Thursday, June 15 @ 11:31:40 CDT (5621 reads)

AUTHOR: Gerald Fisher

The fire is dancing tonight and the winds are talking
Dancers from past lives enter the circle
Leading me back and forth through the history of myself
The mind searches as the spirit dances

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Lit->NA Poems: Oh Redman
Posted on Saturday, March 26 @ 07:35:11 CST (7280 reads)

muquanee writes Oh Redman
To My Beloved People and All Native Americans

Oh Redman tall and proud,
watch him take his stand.
To protect his humble people,
and their mighty sacred land.

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Lit->NA Poems: In a time long ago
Posted on Saturday, March 26 @ 07:33:51 CST (7838 reads)

muquanee writes In a time long ago

I dreamed a dream of long ago,
when you and I were young,
and meant to be.
When with our tribe we wandered,
far and wide and spoke the tongue,
of the cherokee.

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Lit->NA Poems: The Return
Posted on Monday, February 21 @ 01:53:10 CST (6068 reads)

littleheartflower writes

The Return..KEYWORDS: Native american poem native american poetry indian poem

AUTHOR: Little Heart Flower

Downward trodden in this valley of great hunger.
My wounded spirit lies dry upon the barren
floor of life.

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Lit->NA Poems: What would you do?
Posted on Thursday, February 10 @ 06:58:31 CST (6683 reads)

What would you do...KEYWORDS: native american poem cherokee poetry indian poem

What would you do if I took from you
Your home, your family and your identity, too?
If I changed your religion and the language you spoke,
Left you hungry, suffering and broke.

Note: Please correct the all caps in the body of your article. Thanks - The Editor

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Lit->NA Poems: The Gift
Posted on Thursday, February 10 @ 06:52:54 CST (7159 reads)

The Gift... KEYWORDS: native american poem cherokee poetry native american poetry indian poem

Rain on the mountains,
Mist on the streams,
Of these things
The red man dreams.

Note: Please correct the all caps in the body of this article. Thanks --The editor.

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Lit->NA Poems: echos
Posted on Wednesday, February 09 @ 05:21:17 CST (4961 reads)

visions from the past are calling me,

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Lit->NA Poems: My Indian Pride
Posted on Friday, February 04 @ 10:19:29 CST (8879 reads)

My Indian Pride... KEYWORDS: native american poetry cherokee poem indian poetry native american poem Martha Moongazer Beard poem

My body lives in the white man's land,
Yet strong and proud my red skin still stands.

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Lit->NA Poems: Life Giver
Posted on Tuesday, February 01 @ 17:34:47 CST (4336 reads)

Life... KEYWORDS: native american poetry native american poem Martha Moongazer Beard poetry native american life poems

Come Little Cricket, sing with me.
We will gather berries down by the stream,
Take them to the fire and make Berry Bread.
Tonight for the feast we shall all be fed.

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Lit->NA Poems: Survival of the Choctaw Nation
Posted on Tuesday, February 01 @ 17:20:49 CST (6744 reads)

Hunter writes

Survival of the Choctaw Nation.. KEYWORDS: choctaw poem choctaw poetry native american poem native american poetry ML Hunter poem

I can see my sons and daughters
From this far place
I feel the winds of change once again
My heart is full to see a new day
People proudly searching for ancestors
In numbers great as the stars in the sky

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Lit->NA Poems: Reservation
Posted on Sunday, January 30 @ 15:53:26 CST (2929 reads)

Reservation... KEYWORDS: native american poem native american poetry reservation poem reservation poetry ML Hunter

Hear, Little Sister, hear
while the wind stands still
ancient voices speak to you

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Lit->NA Poems: Passing the memories down
Posted on Saturday, January 29 @ 15:10:02 CST (3162 reads)

Passing the memories down... KEYWORDS: native american poem, native american nature poem native american poetry native poetry Martha Moongazer Beard

Faintly in the morning hush,
I smell the scent of sweet sage brush,
Envoking memories of my mountain home
As on this flat land I now roam.

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Lit->NA Poems: Just as the Great Spirit planned
Posted on Saturday, January 29 @ 14:50:23 CST (3010 reads)

Just as the Great Spirit planned.. KEYWORDS: native american poem native american poetry indian poem great spirit poem indian poetry Martha Moongazer Beard poetry

Thunder rolls over the mountain,
Grey clouds dropping low.
Rain falls and kisses three sisters
Who awaken and begin to grow.

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Lit->NA Poems: The Cherokee Path
Posted on Thursday, January 27 @ 16:10:19 CST (5939 reads)

The Cherokee Path... KEYWORDS: native american poem native american poetry cherokee poem cherokee poetry Indian poem Indian poetry trail of tears poem trail of tears poetry martha moongazer beard poem contemporary poetry

Alone with the moon, my spirit cries
For the lives of my people crushed by whate men's lies.
Taken by force from our mountain home, Robbed of freedom, hearts heavy like stone.

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Lit->NA Poems: Blessed to be Cherokee
Posted on Thursday, January 27 @ 15:37:35 CST (4437 reads)

Blessed to be Cherokee... KEYWORDS: native american poem native american poetry Cherokee poem Cherokee poetry Martha Moongazer Beard poem nature poem nature poetry

Big sky above me where Eagle roams
Mother Earth below me where I call home.
Friends of the forest give life to me,
Bounty in my valley is here to see.

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Lit->NA Poems: Principle People
Posted on Saturday, January 22 @ 01:22:54 CST (2740 reads)

Principle people
Was not a church...

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Lit->NA Poems: Red Woman
Posted on Saturday, January 22 @ 01:14:32 CST (2563 reads)

The eagle still flies above me,
The rivers continue to flow,
My native heart is still beating,
My red skin still here to show.

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Lit->NA Poems: shadow of the eagle
Posted on Thursday, January 20 @ 21:46:35 CST (3207 reads)

I hear the cries at moonlight, my people of long ago,
Torn away from their birthplace, marched into the unknown.

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Lit->NA Poems: The Cherokee Trail
Posted on Thursday, January 20 @ 21:32:44 CST (2257 reads)

This path was covered with tears from the start,

Weeping for the life of a great nation torn apart.

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Lit->NA Poems: THE WARNING
Posted on Wednesday, August 04 @ 17:19:33 CDT (3579 reads)

Anonymous writes KEYWORDS: native american poetry Indian poetry native american poem Indian poem leadership poem cultural poetry

AUTHOER: Lone Eagle

When I was a young boy,
I would listen to the elders talk of the days of the Longhouses.
They would tell the stories that I held in my heart
And I would listen for hours as they spoke.
My Grandfather was a wise man…he would always tell me...

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Lit->NA Poems: The Neverending Trail
Posted on Thursday, February 26 @ 17:14:38 CST (4377 reads)

KEYWORDS: trail of tears poem native american poetry Cherokee Trail of Tears cherokee trail of tears how many died on the trail of tears who ordered the trail of tears march

AUTHOR: Abe "Del" Jones

We whites honor the "Hermitage"
And the man who once lived there -
But, that leader of our Nation
Was cruel, unjust, unfair -

He ordered the removal
Of the Cherokee from their land
And forced them on a trek
That the Devil must have planned -

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Lit->NA Poems: Epitah from the resting place of Ten Bears
Posted on Friday, September 26 @ 09:57:27 CDT (5579 reads)

KEYWORDS: Ten Bears Tenbears tenbears native american ameridan epitah american indian poem poems speech words of wisdom Why are you here where my bones lie? Go to where my spirit is. It is there you will be happiest.

AUTHOR: Written by Ten Bears before his death, now the epitah on his tombstone

My soul is an old one. I can feel the heat of the sun
baking my face brown, drying it into furrows;
the sun-squint of ages that nearly engulfs the eyes,
leaving glittering dark slits from which deltas run in times of sorrow and joy.
I have seen much- civilization raised from the dust of dancing feet
and brought to ruin again by the flow of blood and emotion.

The wind blows in my ears like mother's warm breath in baby's tiny shell ear,
sighs and moans bespeaking the passage of time and dreams.
I have struggled with the soil, toiled to draw living things
from beneath its implacable face,
green and growing things celebrating life in
the sunshine of a million summers.

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Lit->NA Poems: Dees, Muscogee, Wins First Place Poetry Award in UK
Posted on Sunday, July 27 @ 00:46:54 CDT (4126 reads)

Anonymous writes Deidra Suwanee Dees, Muscogee Nation, recently won the First Place Award for her creative verse "Celebrate" by The People's Poet in the United Kingdom. "Celebrate" addresses an indigenous viewpoint on Christopher Columbus's impact on the western hemisphere exploring residual effects of colonization. Her writing incites mixed emotions of anger and sadness over conquests of indigenous peoples exploring the way that it shaped American holidays that are celebrated today.

Dees has been publishing her research on Native American education for many years and is currently working on her doctorate in cross-cultural Education at Harvard.

"Celebrate" will be published in the Autumn Journal this fall by The People's Poet.

Click the "Read More" link to read her poem.

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Lit->NA Poems: Such A Tragedy
Posted on Sunday, July 06 @ 20:48:01 CDT (3234 reads)

Anonymous writes My People have been scattered,
My People have been killed.
Their dreams lay on the ground,
They have lost their will.

Their minds numb with pain,
Their hands no longer weave.
The Warriors no longer hunt,
But await Death for reprieve.

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Lit->NA Poems: Spirits In The Sky
Posted on Sunday, July 06 @ 20:34:20 CDT (3496 reads)

MedicineWolf writes As we sat around the Sacred Fire
Calling out to the Spirits
Which haunt the deep and dark,
One by one they came to us.
They sat and they talked.

This is what they had to say
To all of us there
Who took the time to honor
The Heritage we bear.

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Lit->NA Poems: Who Will Call My Name?
Posted on Sunday, July 06 @ 20:30:45 CDT (4825 reads)

MedicineWolf writes When I can no longer
See the Eagle soar,
Will you call my name?
When the end of my Path
I have finally reached,
Will you sing my name in Ancient Prayer?

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Lit->NA Poems: Dusty Trails
Posted on Sunday, July 06 @ 20:28:39 CDT (3026 reads)

MedicineWolf writes My moccasins have tread
Many a long and weary mile.
Our days of glory and hunts
I remember well.
Now just dusty trails abound
In this dry Hell.

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Lit->NA Poems: The Ancients
Posted on Sunday, July 06 @ 20:11:26 CDT (2705 reads)

MedicineWolf writes The drums beat,
The rattles call,
The flames of fire grow tall.
Tis wisdom of the ancients
We do call.

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Lit->NA Poems: An Old Woman Cannot Sleep
Posted on Wednesday, April 16 @ 17:37:26 CDT (3556 reads)

Rhayne writes Standing on the edge,
landscape flows before her.
Spirits of the past,
May they guide her this day.

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Lit->NA Poems: A Golden Eagle Feather ~ My Gift
Posted on Wednesday, April 16 @ 17:23:29 CDT (11937 reads)

MedicineWolf writes Tradition says that
A Golden Eagle Feather
Is the highest tribute
To any tribal member...

It can only be given
To those who have earned
Never to be taken from
This Sacred Bird...

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Lit->NA Poems: Earth Daughter
Posted on Sunday, December 22 @ 22:05:05 CST (2598 reads)

stardancer writes I am a daughtr of the Earth,
A sister to the wind and the water
Kneeling before the Great Spirit
Yet standing tall to open my arms
Rejoiciing, the gifts
Of the Great Spirit.

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Lit->NA Poems: Poetry for native Hope
Posted on Sunday, December 22 @ 21:53:47 CST (4132 reads)

nawachettwee writes Howa,it is good.
things are as a circle,forever guiding itself
back to the start.
our hearths we keep lit,as summer's rain
turns to fall.

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Lit->NA Poems: This man that I call friend...Grandpa
Posted on Saturday, November 09 @ 23:00:36 CST (3230 reads)

Dikanogi writes The winter has not been kind to him,
this man that I call friend,
The years have taken their toll on him,
and soon his life will end.
Till then, we'll go to memories of days of long ago.

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Lit->NA Poems: Make Your Wish
Posted on Friday, July 12 @ 13:02:05 CDT (3614 reads)

LadyHawke writes KEYWORDS: rhythm of harmony rhythm of beauty make a wish heart's desire melody of love magical place blessing LadyHawke

Does not the day
Exist within
Thy heart and mind?

Yea, from there
It does manifest
The hearts desires,
In time,
Before ones eyes
A wonder?

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Lit->NA Poems: Grounded Eagle's Drum
Posted on Monday, April 22 @ 20:53:28 CDT (4128 reads)

Anonymous writes KEYWORDS: different drummers song Eagle native american indian poems poetry spiritual poem understanding grief earth walker Nature Echo's House of Rains

AUTHOR: Kala Rains

Today as I walked along
I danced to a different drummers' song...

And with hands held high
to the great silken sky
was an Eagle who was grounded
~counldn't fly~

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Lit->NA Poems: Honor your Elders
Posted on Wednesday, March 13 @ 03:32:42 CST (2827 reads)

Keywords: honor your elders knowledge Mother Earth prayers native american poem american indian poetry mother earth poems

Author: Tami (gwyhawk)

Honor your Elders
and care for them.
For they have the knowledge
of a thousand winds.

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Lit->NA Poems: Your eyes are the mirror
Posted on Wednesday, March 13 @ 02:39:16 CST (2805 reads)

Keywords: native american poem american indian poetry eye poem wisdom poetry Twylah Nitsch Seneca poems

Author: Twylah Nitsch, Seneca

Look at your neighbor
and make him sparkle.

Your eyes
are the mirror of your soul.

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Lit->NA Poems: We are part fire, part dream
Posted on Wednesday, March 13 @ 02:21:33 CST (2558 reads)

Keywords: Fire Dog Cheyenne wisdom native american poem american indian poems cheyenne quote CHEYENNE POETRY sun poem earth poetry

Fire Dog, Cheyenne

We are part fire, and part dream.
We are the physical mirroring
of Miaheyyun, the Total Universe,
upon this earth, our Mother.

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Lit->NA Poems: We are Part of this Earth
Posted on Friday, November 16 @ 15:44:00 CST (2480 reads)

May your moccasins
Leave footprints on
All the main paths,
And walk
with the Chiefs
Of all the tribes
That live in
Peace on earth.
We are part of this Earth.

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Lit->NA Poems: Native American Ten Commandments
Posted on Friday, November 16 @ 14:43:03 CST (18918 reads)

Native American Ten Commandments:

1.  The Earth is our Mother,
     care for her.

2.  Honor all your relations.

3.  Open your heart and soul
     to the Great Spirit.

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Lit->NA Poems: American Indian Wedding Prayer
Posted on Saturday, September 29 @ 04:43:32 CDT (64370 reads)

Anonymous writes

American Indian Wedding Prayer.. KEYWORDS: cherokee wedding prayer

Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you will be shelter to the other.

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Lit->NA Poems: COLORS OF THE WIND
Posted on Saturday, September 29 @ 04:41:59 CDT (5554 reads)

Anonymous writes Keywords: native american poem indian poetry earth poem nature poems Color of the Wind free horse picture rainbow picture teepee scene buy indian posters

You think you own, whatever land you land on
Earth is just a dead thing, you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a soul, has a spirit, has a name.

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the foot steps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew.

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