October 9, 2018
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is indigenous peoples in honor of Indigenous
People’s Day, which was celebrated on October 8.
I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com
.
A poem for Indigenous People’s Day about Native Americans as
an endangered species:
We
have become an endangered species
Dying
for lack of habitat,
Like
lions, like bison, like elephants, wolves,
Restricted
to government reservations.
Dying
for lack of habitat,
Many
have turned from our ancestors’ ways.
Restricted
to government reservations,
We
cannot travel the road of the seasons.
Many
have turned from our ancestors’ ways
And
the land that we sprang from like acorns, like berries.
We
cannot travel the road of the seasons,
Cut
off from its bounty by barbed-wire fences.
The
land that we sprang from like acorns, like berries,
Like
lions, like bison, like elephants, wolves,
Cut
off from its bounty by barbed-wire fences,
We have become an endangered
species.
© by Nicholas Gordon
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For more poems for Indigenous People’s Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/indigenouspeoplesdaypoems.html
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This week’s theme: Indigenous Peoples
10/9: We Have Become an Endangered Species
