Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRANSITION, by VIOLA K. SHAPIRO


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First Line: At a fourth of july 'pow-wow' celebration
Last Line: From savagery to civilization.
Subject(s): Native Americans; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America


At a Fourth of July "pow-wow" celebration
I watched an Indian's peculiar gyration;
His beads and feathers and primitive play
Brought visions of an earlier day.

A few days later
the self-same Indian I had seen before
Was peddling blue-berries at my door;
What a change was wrought
by his sombre clothes and occupation!
It seemed to me a strange transition
from savagery to civilization.





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