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After Wounded Knee MAG
March 1, 2009
You still wear that old war paint
(angry lines slashed above your eyes)
I can feel you waiting for the battle to come
(spikes of red staining your cheeks)
There are no pawing horses now
No painted hands on their haunches
(the number of warrior souls you stole)
No noonday sun beating on bare backs
No smell of sweat and leather and bravery
Puncturing the familiar woodsmoke
(breastplates of porcupine quills, feathers in hair)
No ululations of war, yelling at fear
No singing, no dancing, no tribes, no homes
(scars left from the struggle free from the sun)
Just a drum drum drum beat
(a piece of flesh left for the Great Spirit)
Piercing through dreams.
© Olivia E., Alto, MI
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alayapoetgirl BRONZE said...
on Apr. 15 2010 at 9:54 pm
I enoyed this especially the last line "piercing through dreams". Amazing vocabulary, this is unbelievable. Decsription is wonderful. Check out my opinion essay on animal rights/vegetarianism...
thewriteidea DIAMOND said...
on Apr. 15 2010 at 6:34 pm
don't listen to anything mean people say about this poem. they're just jealous that they can't write half as well as you can. great job with this poem! it's one of my favorites.
writergirl13 GOLD said...
on Apr. 15 2010 at 2:58 pm
I have a right to post what I want, and I happened to want to post a positive, encouraging message, because personally I actually liked it!!!! If you disagree, FINE!! You don't have to like every piece that you read, but you don't have to try to insult people who actually like someone else's work! And i've read a lot of pieces written in a similar style, and this one is actually pretty good!
kysh15 said...
on Mar. 24 2010 at 11:19 pm
this is such a powerful and moving piece. keep writing!
writergirl13 GOLD said...
on Mar. 24 2010 at 8:05 pm
No!!!! This is not lame at all!!!! It's deep and it's meaningful! And I just want to say that it's incredible that a teen living a 120 years after the riots and crisis with the Sioux indians wrote this poem, and yet it sounds like it's from that time because it captures what happened so well! How is that lame??
Elise, please feel free to check out my work, I'd appreciate it. :)
Elise, please feel free to check out my work, I'd appreciate it. :)
MCRlover2011 BRONZE said...
on Mar. 24 2010 at 6:42 pm
eh, i woulda done something ya know... not lame...
DYLAN Sessions said...
on Mar. 24 2010 at 9:14 am
who is this
soccer4 said...
on Mar. 24 2010 at 9:11 am
that is very cool im from IN too i live in hamilton county!!!
DYLAN Sessinos said...
on Mar. 24 2010 at 9:08 am
this is the best poem ive ever seen
meyoubed:) said...
on Mar. 24 2010 at 9:03 am
this is the gayest thing ive ever heard booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NativeWriter GOLD said...
on Mar. 24 2010 at 9:02 am
One day our nation shall rise again and all scares left by these vial men shall be lifted and as long as we stay true to the great spirits of this world they will return just remember their souls live on
ColeK said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 8:23 pm
this is a great poem
BMMSKN said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 5:41 pm
THIS IS A GREAT POEM, LOVE IT! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
bmmszw said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 10:21 am
it was a great poem
bmmsta said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 10:10 am
it sounded cool but i really didnt get it....but it was pretty cool
bmmsmb said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 10:10 am
it was cool i liked it.
bmmseh said...
on Mar. 2 2010 at 9:36 am
I really, really, really liked this poem! Keep on writing!!!!!!
