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Lit->NA Poems: Fly with the Eagles
Posted on Thursday, June 15 @ 12:02:44 CDT (6999 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 (5966 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 (5628 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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R&S->Prayers: Let my spirit pass without shame
Posted on Thursday, June 15 @ 11:02:54 CDT (6338 reads)

O' Great Spirit,
Whose voice I hear in the winds,
And whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me!
I am small and weak, I need your strength and wisdom.

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Lit->NA Poems: Oh Redman
Posted on Saturday, March 26 @ 07:35:11 CST (7288 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 (7849 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 (6075 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 (6692 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 (7169 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 (4972 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 (8885 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 (4341 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 (6753 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 (2930 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 (3166 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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