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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: NATIVE AMERICANS - WARS Matches Found: 49 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CENTENARY ODE: INSCRIBED TO LITTLE CROW, LEADER OF SIOUX REBELLION, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I had nothing to do with it, I was not here Last Line: My own grave is Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars A DIRGE; OVER A COMPANION KILLED BY COMANCHES AND BURIED ON PRAIRIE, by ALBERT PIKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thy wife shall wait Last Line: Must leave thee here alone. Once more farewell! Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars; Pioneers; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States ANNIVERSARY POEM FOR THE CHEYENNES WHO DIED AT SAND CREEK, by LANCE HENSON Poem Full Text First Line: When we have come this long way Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars ANNIVERSARY POEM FOR THE CHEYENNES WHO DIED AT SAND CREEK, by LANCE HENSON Poem Source First Line: When we have come this long way Last Line: We will speak for the first time to the season %to the ponds%touching the dead grass %our voices the Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars BALLAD OF THE SABRE CROSS AND 7, by IRVING BACHELLER Poem Text First Line: A troop of sorrels led by vic and then a troop of bays Last Line: In the rolling waves we dug their graves and left them under the sod. Subject(s): Generals; Native Americans - Wars; War BARS FIGHT, by LUCY TERRY PRINCE Poem Text First Line: August 'twas, the twenty-fifth Last Line: Was taken and carried off to canada. Subject(s): Deerfield, Massachusetts; Massacres; Native Americans - Wars BLUE MARROW, by LOUISE BERNICE HALFE Poem Source First Line: Grandmothers hold me. I must pass all that I possess, every Last Line: Of our struggling hearts? Subject(s): Explorers; Hunting; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Wars; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) CENTENARY ODE: INSCRIBED TO LITTLE CROW, LEADER OF SIOUX REBELLION, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I had nothing to do with it, I was not here Last Line: I don't even know where %my own grave is Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars CHICOMICO; FRAGMENT, by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON Poem Text First Line: What sight of horror Last Line: And, lo! Cordelia before rathmond stood! Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars COMMON COLOR OF RED, by MARY GOOSE Poem Source First Line: The film's narrator said that you could still see Last Line: Both now had dried to a rust and brown color and were once blood red Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars CUSTER, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All valor died not on the plains of troy Last Line: Let tears complete the tale of him who failed, yet won. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Custer, George Armstrong (1839-1876); Native Americans - Wars DEATH CRY FOR THE LANGUAGE, by DIANE GLANCY Poem Source First Line: Grandmother %tuya:taht'a branches at the top Last Line: The narrow passages from this world Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Cherokee Indians; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Wars; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) EEE AY WHO TWO, by DIANE GLANCY Poem Source Last Line: Turkey barns in these hills counterfeit arks Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars; Soldiers ENCHANTED BAMBOO ARROW, by LARRY EVERS Poem Source First Line: Enchanted enchanted bamboo arrow Last Line: Decaying %decaying %decaying Subject(s): Fights; Landmark Preservation; Native Americans - Wars; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) GERTRUDE OF WYOMING; OR, THE PENNSYLVANIAN COTTAGE, SELS., by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Massacres; Native Americans - Wars; Wyoming, Pennyslvania GERTRUDE OF WYOMING; OR, THE PENNSYLVANIAN COTTAGE: 1, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On susquehanna's side, fair wyoming Last Line: Was outalissi hailed, with bark and plumage bright. Variant Title(s): Description Of Wyoming Subject(s): Massacres; Native Americans - Wars; Wyoming, Pennyslvania GERTRUDE OF WYOMING; OR, THE PENNSYLVANIAN COTTAGE: 2, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A valley from the river shore withdrawn Last Line: In all that slept beneath her soft voluptuous ray. Subject(s): Massacres; Native Americans - Wars; Wyoming, Pennyslvania GERTRUDE OF WYOMING; OR, THE PENNSYLVANIAN COTTAGE: 3, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O love! In such a wilderness as this Last Line: The death-song of an indian chief! Subject(s): Massacres; Native Americans - Wars; Wyoming, Pennyslvania HORSES, by SHERMAN ALEXIE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: 1,000 ponies, the united states cavalry stole 1,000 ponies Last Line: No horses I own / no horses Subject(s): Animals; Cavalry; Cowboys; Horses; Native Americans - Reservations; Native Americans - Wars; Revenge HORSES, by SHERMAN ALEXIE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: 1,000 ponies, the united states cavalry stole 1,000 ponies Last Line: No horses, I own %no horses Subject(s): Animals; Cavalry; Cowboys; Horses; Native Americans - Reservations; Native Americans - Wars; Revenge I WILL BRING YOU TWIN GRAYS, by MARLA BIG BOY Poem Source First Line: When the osages captured you at the stream Last Line: Then I'll come to bring you home. %my sister Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars; Native Americans - Women; Prisons And Prisoners MOGG MEGONE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who stands on that cliff, like a figure of stone Last Line: Ruth boniton is dead! Subject(s): Death; Missions & Missionaries; Native Americans - Wars; New England; Norridgewock, Maine; Penobscot Bay, Maine; Rale, Sebastien (1654-1724); Saco (river), New Hampshire And Maine; U.s. - Colonial Period; Waterfalls; Dead, The MOTHER OF MOSQUITOS, by DIANE GLANCY Poem Source First Line: Woman %swat. %why mosquito fly near us? Last Line: Your life is our blood Subject(s): Forests; History; Native Americans - Wars; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) NATIVE AMERICAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM, by SHERMAN ALEXIE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Five hundred years from now, archaeologists will discover Last Line: The grasses grow %the rivers flow Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Cherokee Indians; Greyhounds; Native Americans - History; Native Americans - Wars; Nuclear War; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Travel OLD SQUAW HILL, by LUCY JONES TYSELL Poem Text First Line: Before the feet of white men trod Last Line: A sentinel to guard the plain. Subject(s): Native Americans; Native Americans - Wars; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America PRELUDE TO A MEMORIAL SONG; 100 YEARS LATER, by PHILLIP WILLIAM GEORGE Poem Source First Line: Before an audible sound, an almost recognizable Last Line: We %are %alive Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars REPORT TO CRAZY HORSE, by WILLIAM EDGAR STAFFORD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: All the sioux were defeated. Our clan Subject(s): Crazy Horse (oglala Sioux Chief); Native Americans - Wars REPORT TO CRAZY HORSE, by WILLIAM EDGAR STAFFORD Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All the sioux were defeated. Our clan Last Line: I run my hand along those old grooves in the rock Subject(s): Crazy Horse (oglala Sioux Chief); Native Americans - Wars SAINT PETER TALKS ABOUT GOODNESS, by LARRY EVERS Poem Source First Line: Saint peter %sitting at heaven's door Last Line: Talks %talks %talks Subject(s): God; Heaven; Native Americans - Wars; Religion; Saints; Soldiers; Trail Of Tears (1838-39) SIDE BY SIDE, by LARRY EVERS Poem Source First Line: You soldier leaders Last Line: Playing %playing %playing Variant Title(s): Soldier Leader Subject(s): Leadership; Native Americans - Wars; Soldiers SONG FOR A FALLEN WARRIOR, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "o my son, farewell!" Last Line: "beyond the broad river. / mai-ram-bo, mai-ram-bo" Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars;war SWEAT, by MAURICE KENNY Poem Source First Line: Bathtub %might well Last Line: The knife clatters to the floor Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars; Oklahoma; Revolutions THE CATTLE THIEF, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: They were coming across the prairie Last Line: And blame, if you dare, the hunger that drove him to be a thief. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Grief; Murder; Native Americans - Wars; Sorrow; Sadness THE FATED RACE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: I stood on the banks of the klickitat Last Line: Must sink beneath the flood. Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars; Oregon; Trail Of Tears (1838-39); Native Americans - Removal THE GREY HORSE TROOP, by ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All alone on the hillside Last Line: Drink to the troop that never shall die! Subject(s): Cavalry; Geronimo (1829-1909); Native Americans - Wars THE PEACE STATUE SPEAKS, by J. R. DOWNEY Poem Text First Line: Come, brave warriors, men of valor Last Line: Comes from worship of the sun god. Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars THE PRAIRIE SPEAKS, by JAMES CHRISTIAN LINDBERG Poem Text First Line: I am the prairie singer Last Line: I am the prairie singer. Subject(s): Memory; Native Americans - Wars; Pioneers; Prairies; Spring; Plains THE TRUCE OF PISCATAQUA; 1675, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Raze these long blocks of brick and stone Last Line: Lo! The indian's name was given. Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars THIRSTY ISLAND, by JIM TOLLERUD Poem Source First Line: War canoes were ready Last Line: And depart their chilled island Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars TOMATOS, by DIANE GLANCY Poem Source First Line: A string of tamoots Last Line: Red skinned \ ottomas Subject(s): History; Native Americans - Wars TRUTHFUL JAMES TO THE EDITIOR IN THE MODOC WAR, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Which it is not my style Last Line: If here's captain jack still a-livin', and nye with no skelp on his brain? Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars WAR, by C HIEF JOSEPH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hear me, my warriors; my heart is sick and sad Last Line: From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever! Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars; War WAR SONG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Here on my breast have I bled! Last Line: I strike for life Subject(s): Native Americans;native Americans - Wars;ojibwa Indians; Indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America WAR SONG: 1, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "hear my voice, birds of war!" Last Line: Bear your angers to the place of fighting Subject(s): Fights;native Americans;native Americans - Wars;ojibwa Indians;survival; Indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America WAR SONG: 2, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "from the south they came, birds of war" Last Line: Beyond the enemy's line Subject(s): Native Americans;native Americans - Wars;ojibwa Indians; Indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America WILDWEST, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There were none of my blood in this battle Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald Subject(s): Native Americans - Wars; Crazy Horse (oglala Sioux Chief) WO'IM BWIKAM, by LARRY EVERS Poem Source First Line: With an easter moon on the rise, the coyotes came back to Last Line: That singers take advantage of or not depending on the occasion Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Leadership; Native Americans - Wars; Palm Sunday; Poetry And Poets; Singing And Singers WYOMING, by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou com'st, in beauty, on my gaze at last Last Line: Has death no triumph-hours, save on the battle-day? Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker Subject(s): Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844); Massacres; Native Americans - Wars; Wyoming, Pennyslvania WYOMING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A demon yell, a flesh of steel, and massacre complete Subject(s): Massacres; Native Americans - Wars; Wyoming, Pennyslvania |
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