Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Glossary of a Powwow



Glossary of a Powwow


women's traditional dancer

her beads
affect the weather


men's traditional dancer

His feathers
will not fall


jingle dress dancer

she creates more music
than a symphony


grass dancer

he sways within
his own storm


fancy shawl dancer

she wears wings
outside the aviary


men's fancy dancer

he mimics
his favorite color


children

this is not practice
they are dancing


Sherman Alexie..........from The Summer of Black Widows

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