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StarrGazer
Senior Member

since 2000-03-05

Posts 679
Texas

0 posted 2000-04-01 02:29 AM

Fire Dance

Firey incandescent dance
Chanting and folklore
People gyrating around the fire
Dream of days before
Dressed in leather buckskin
Feathers in their hair
Just a hint of mystery
Is floating on the air
They talk of the hunt
And glory of the fight
The air is crisp with
Their apparent delight
They talk in moons and buffalo
And things that are no more
Because not to speak of it
Would be to close the door
On ancestors and rituals
That make them who they are
So they keep chanting
And dancing underneath the
Stars

Mystical being
which makes ink flow
Surround me in
your incandescent glow
Fill my brain with
thoughts and rhyme
As I try to capture
but a moment in time
~Shan~

ESP
Member Elite

since 2000-01-25

Posts 2556
Floating gently on a cloud....

1 posted 2000-04-01 03:19 AM

Awesome poem!! I enjoyed reading it alot!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

twinsgd
Member

since 2000-02-13

Posts 416
Ontario,Canada

2 posted 2000-04-01 03:41 AM

Hey Artist at work here.
You painted a picture as clear as can be Starr.....captivating.

Swåmp¤Faerÿie
Member

since 2000-03-29

Posts 358
Illinois

3 posted 2000-04-01 09:05 AM

AWESOME POEM!!As twinsgd said,the picture is VERY clear.love it =-]

Swamp¤Faeryie

And there she weaves by night and day,
a magic web of colours gay.~Tennyson

childomine
Senior Member

since 2000-01-25

Posts 818
st. petersburg, FL

4 posted 2000-04-01 12:28 PM

Well done. Vivid picture. Beautiful.

...Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is....
Black Eagle
Oglala Sioux holy man

John the cat
Member

since 2000-03-23

Posts 357
England

5 posted 2000-04-01 01:49 PM

Brilliant...I was carried along with the dance.

dhuron
Member

since 2000-03-19

Posts 476

6 posted 2000-04-02 05:21 AM

You painted such a wonderful scene. Great Poem indeed!

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, not the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

StarrGazer
Senior Member

since 2000-03-05

Posts 679
Texas

7 posted 2000-04-02 04:46 PM

Thanks you guyz !!! ((((hugz)))) My great-grandmother was part Cherokee Indian and though I've never been to a real pow-wow this is what I imagine it to be in my mind

Mystical being
which makes ink flow
Surround me in
your incandescent glow
Fill my brain with
thoughts and rhyme
As I try to capture
but a moment in time
~Shan~

Gene
Senior Member

since 2000-01-23

Posts 935
Colorado, USA

8 posted 2000-04-02 04:57 PM

Starr,

This is wonderful, I love folklore and poems of our indigenous peoples.

~Gene

JOY 14
Senior Member

since 1999-09-22

Posts 1419
Wisconsin USA

9 posted 2000-04-02 07:47 PM

I was pretty sure that was what this poem was about. You speak their story well. Traditions, and a way of life, hopefuly will never die if they are still talked about!

Joy

Munda
Member Elite

since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

10 posted 2000-04-06 04:05 PM

This is great Starr. Quite a picture you painted here. Loved it !

StarrGazer
Senior Member

since 2000-03-05

Posts 679
Texas

11 posted 2000-04-07 06:44 AM

Gene, JOY, Munda ... THANKS !!!!

Mystical being
which makes ink flow
Surround me in
your incandescent glow
Fill my brain with
thoughts and rhyme
As I try to capture
but a moment in time
~Shan~

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

12 posted 2000-04-07 06:44 AM

Your poem reflects the joy of holding on to cherished traditions
Very enjoyable read
Liz

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