A Place Where The Teepees Stood
A Native American Tale
A place where the tepees stood
A place where we would often dream
By the edge of a sparkling stream
That ran through a shaded wood
A place where the tepees stood
A place where it was good to be
Where all the animals ran so free
A place to spend all our days, if only we could
That was where the tepees stood
Prairies rolled as far as you could see
The ideal place for us to be
But to move, we were told that we should
To leave the place where the tepees stood
With sword and rifle the soldiers came
They didn’t come to hunt for game
The ground then ran red in our people’s blood
The place where the tepees stood
We were hunted and herded as was their plan
Every woman child and man
But some fought back until it was no good
To save the place where the tepees stood
But as the eagles soar over the sky
I have often asked the reason why
In my heart I feel the spirits pass over the land
Where once again we will see the tepees stand.
A good expressive poem but with the scansion faltering at times.
In the second line of the final stanza it should be ‘asked’.
Ionicus thanks for the correction
Yes I agree the scansion does falter just a little
Quite a lot, really.
I like the images in this very much and also the repeated final line in each verse. I’m not quite so keen on the continual obvious rhyming at the ends of lines, but having said that I liked it a lot overall. Sue.
Sue many thanks for reading and commenting.
Hollywood greatly tainted the facts about Native Americans, but as for rhyme you either like it or you don’t., thanks again…Tony
I like rhyming poetry a lot but I do prefer the rhyming words to be a less obvious pairing choice. But as you say everyone enjoys different forms of poetry. Sue.