A few favorites that are from the depths of a native american soul.
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They have taught me how to how,
and when,13 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 26 7:12 AM 2007. In Personal
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Buckskin smoldering on stacked stick fire,
moon blessing words whispered like soft wind,41 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 21 7:36 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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Boys on battlefield, raising their last arm,
want to be saved33 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 22 10:19 AM 2007. In Society -
They were urged to rise up and go out
of their villages and go moonless into the world47 lines, 24 comments, on Mar 21 12:41 PM 2006. In Society -
Come, take my hand an we will journey
to beginning crossroads of time, -
She has listened at eaved windowsill Until she knew grounding by such sad situations
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My retreat has spirits rising blue and orby
from lake and flood plane to speak of how thick19 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 28 4:30 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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They say there is a warmness just before dying;
a dear cotton cloak of silenced fears; -
They come, you know, in felt brush on hair of neck, on arm,
slight pressure on breast at night, curl of arm23 lines, 14 comments, on Oct 5 1:11 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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Spiderwoman unravels ball of yarn;
slicked colors of old stories16 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 11 9:56 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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I am Native American. Visit my soul on this path
and you can not help but know.130 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 19 4:28 PM 2006. In Spiritual -
It weaves its own story, like the smell of oil
winds through kitchen, out into the forest,42 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 26 8:36 AM 2006. In Society -
Let there be peace for what came before, what comes now,
what comes after. It is our way. It is the way for all.53 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 13 5:47 AM 2006. In Society -
we spoke many languages
sang similar songs5 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 8 8:33 PM 2007. In Society -
You are my sure sign of surrender to fate.15 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 2 8:59 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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a wrinkled hand drops tobacco
at hairy roots and offers a raspy song
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What in hell is a hearth
built on blood of a brother’s38 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 24 10:05 AM 2007. In Society
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Old Peigan man spun his tale.
There was no holding him once he got started:
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Hello from a long time ago, my sweetheart,
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Stories, rough, smooth, warm, cold / singing, humming, in my palm ~ / / ancient artifacts, petrified / by way world has broken them / open lay alone in babble / of towering cliffs where they once clung to ~ /
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How shall we make our mark / here where man has forgotten / simple skills of hearing / what we were sent to say?34 lines, 8 comments, on May 3 2:40 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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What have you seen, Old Man, from your slump / into rocky divide of heaven and earth, province and country? / Tonight, gray horses stir up43 lines, 15 comments, on May 21 7:03 AM 2007
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We, who are branches of one tree, come sing our hymns34 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 11 2:38 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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I wear beads at my breasts
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Words hardened with dark blemishes, / settling in her cradle of consciousness. / Turquoise necklace hung heavy / at throat pulse / like har14 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 14 12:46 PM 2007. In Sad
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Send me to fork-topped tree that I can swaddle.
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I have a pen friend of kisiskaciwan: swift flowing water,
where sunlight and sundown are known by tractors pulling31 lines, 13 comments, on Sep 2 10:35 PM 2007
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Paint me with the colors of joyful life as Medicine of Earth
so, when I am clothed in death, I reflect your creation and rebirth.44 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 13 11:43 AM 2006. In Spiritual -
This is a trick,
to see if we dare return40 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 17 2:54 PM 2006. In Society -
kayas, awas, moonyas,
nimin~o-aya’n33 lines, 13 comments, on May 2 8:01 PM 2006. In Contemporary -
Your guide will breathe newness
into your open-mouthed awe and teach you new ways to be of service.75 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 16 5:54 AM 2006. In Spiritual -
Come my brothers. I tend to ride you hard.33 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 18 4:47 PM 2006. In Spiritual
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welcome, friend, in welcome.40 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 31 6:07 AM 2006. In Spiritual
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Let us celebrate giving and receiving, for purposes known
from some seeds grow excess and from some seeds grow none. -
What name it is, what name should be, I can not say, I can not know
because it is not quickly chosen unless the spirit bids it so. -
longest night and shortest day,
prepare us for the wait33 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 27 6:15 PM 2006. In spiritual
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See me, now, I honor you;
know you for who you are
29 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 28 5:57 AM 2006. In spiritual
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I allow a chunk of dry hair
to fall into the fire as a shadow11 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 31 5:03 PM 2006. In Grief
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lighthouse trying to find
what has been lost.50 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 7 8:04 PM 2007. In Society
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Such nice bedtime stories
to lull children to sleep, dreaming20 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 4 9:06 AM 2007. In Angst
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These symbols on our sacred tree
is bright with simple awe:25 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 10 10:10 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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We are split, grounded, passed by,
and strangers to everything and everyone, but you.47 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 26 10:30 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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our languages, separate
yet feed the same root10 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 8 7:18 PM 2007. In Society
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He patted the cupped sharp bone of his knee
under faded blue denim and seemed startled70 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 9 12:40 PM 2007
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Clouds roll away and blanch over words that must be written26 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 13 4:21 PM 2007. In Society
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Tanning hides is becoming a lost art~
I mean real tanning -
moon rides on back of loon,
humming silver notes along a lonely call19 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 17 9:59 AM. In Nature
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Sharpening teeth on caribou ribs
barely cooked over a winter’s picnic fire ~35 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 24 9:56 AM. In Society
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In caw and craw of cairn’s call
is a paternal pleading for us to know -
I was suddenly grateful I was a smoker
And no one smoked in the house
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