Voices of the Rainbow: Contemporary Poetry By Native Americans [Paperback]

Kenneth Rosen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 8, 1993

A collection of two hundred poems by twenty-one native Americans--including Laguna, Sioux, Cheyenne, Pueblo, Chippewa, Oneida, Seneca/Seminole, Mohawk, and Blackfoot--features the work of Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, Lance Henson, and Ray A. Young Bear. Reprint.

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From Library Journal

Containing more than 200 poems by 21 Native Americans, many of whom were unknown at the time of its 1984 debut, this volume was found to be "notable for its diversity" by LJ 's reviewer. If your collection is lacking such material, then this remains "highly recommended" ( LJ 6/1/75).
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Anadarko John by Carroll Arnett
Drunk by Carroll Arnett
Land by Carroll Arnett
Removal: Last Part by Carroll Arnett
Rock Painting by Carroll Arnett
Something For Supper (2) by Carroll Arnett
The Story Of My Life by Carroll Arnett
You by Carroll Arnett
During The Pageant At Medicine Lodge by Charles G. Ballard
Grandma Fire by Charles G. Ballard
Memo by Charles G. Ballard
Now The People Have The Light by Charles G. Ballard
Sand Creek by Charles G. Ballard
The Speaker by Charles G. Ballard
The Spirit Craft by Charles G. Ballard
Their Cone-like Cabins by Charles G. Ballard
The Winds Of Change by Charles G. Ballard
You Northern Girl by Charles G. Ballard
The 49 Stomp by Lew Blockcolski
After The First Frost by Lew Blockcolski
The Flicker by Lew Blockcolski
The Flint Hills by Lew Blockcolski
Indian Love Song by Lew Blockcolski
Langston Hughes by Lew Blockcolski
My Dream by Lew Blockcolski
Peyote Vision by Lew Blockcolski
Playing Pocahontas by Lew Blockcolski
Pow Wow Remnants by Lew Blockcolski
Reservation Special by Lew Blockcolski
The Urban Experience: Part One by Lew Blockcolski
The Urban Experience: Part Two by Lew Blockcolski
Wisga by Lew Blockcolski
The Woyi by Lew Blockcolski
Composition by Peter Blue Cloud
Death Chant by Peter Blue Cloud
Hawk Nailed To A Barn Door by Peter Blue Cloud
Sweat Song by Peter Blue Cloud
Untitled by Peter Blue Cloud
Wolf by Peter Blue Cloud
The Dream Feast: 1. The Sleeper's Song by Anita Endrezze-danielson
The Dream Feast: 2. The Dragon's Dream by Anita Endrezze-danielson
The Dream Feast: 3. The Feast by Anita Endrezze-danielson
The Passion Drinker by Anita Endrezze-danielson
Raven/moon by Anita Endrezze-danielson
Red Rock Ceremonies by Anita Endrezze-danielson
The Week-end Indian by Anita Endrezze-danielson
America's Wounded Knee (an Unpoetic Subject On Assignment) by Phillip William George
Favorite Grandson Braid by Phillip William George
Moon Of Huckleberries by Phillip William George
Morning Vigil by Phillip William George
Name Giveaway by Phillip William George
Prelude To A Memorial Song; 100 Years Later by Phillip William George
Spokane Falls by Phillip William George
Spring Cleaning by Phillip William George
Spruce by Phillip William George
Sunflower Moccasins by Phillip William George
The Visit by Phillip William George
Wardance by Phillip William George
Wardance Soup by Phillip William George
Aaron Nicholas, Almost Ten by Janet Campbell Hale
Cinque by Janet Campbell Hale
Custer Lives In Humboldt County by Janet Campbell Hale
Desmet, Idaho, March 1969 by Janet Campbell Hale
Getting Started by Janet Campbell Hale
On A Catholic Childhood by Janet Campbell Hale
On Death And Love by Janet Campbell Hale
Salad La Raza by Janet Campbell Hale
Six Feet Under by Janet Campbell Hale
Death by Patty Harjo
The Mask by Patty Harjo
Taos Winter by Patty Harjo
To An Indian Poet by Patty Harjo
Where Have You Gone, Little Boy by Patty Harjo
Wishes by Patty Harjo
Among Hawks by Lance Henson
Anniversary Poem For The Cheyennes Who Died At Sand Creek by Lance Henson
Bay Poem by Lance Henson
Between Rivers And Seas by Lance Henson
Comanche Ghost Dance by Lance Henson
Crazy Horse; The Last Morning by Lance Henson
Curtain by Lance Henson
Epitaph: Snake River by Lance Henson
Flock by Lance Henson
Image Of City by Lance Henson
Moth by Lance Henson
Old Man Told Me by Lance Henson
Old Story by Lance Henson
Other by Lance Henson
Poem For Carroll Descendant Of Chiefs by Lance Henson
Rain by Lance Henson
Scattered Leaves by Lance Henson
Sitting Alone In Tulsa Three A.m. by Lance Henson
Sleep Watch by Lance Henson
Sundown At Darlington 1878 by Lance Henson
Travels With The Band-aid Army by Lance Henson
Warrior Nation Trilogy by Lance Henson
We Are A People by Lance Henson
Wood Floor Dreams by Lance Henson
Evening by King D. Kuka
February Morning by King D. Kuka
Gallery Of My Heart by King D. Kuka
Jackie by King D. Kuka
Janna by King D. Kuka
My Friend The Wind by King D. Kuka
My Song by King D. Kuka
Untitled by King D. Kuka
Alone Is The Hunter by Harold Littlebird
Coming Home In March by Harold Littlebird
Could I Say I Touched You by Harold Littlebird
For Drum Hadley by Harold Littlebird
For The Girls 'cause They Know by Harold Littlebird
For Tom Numkena, Hopi/spokane by Harold Littlebird
Gaa-a-muna, A Mountain Flower by Harold Littlebird
Hummingbird by Harold Littlebird
If You Can Hear My Hooves by Harold Littlebird
In A Double Rainbow by Harold Littlebird
Mother/deer/lady by Harold Littlebird
Oh But It Was Good To Leave In The Rain by Harold Littlebird
Old Moke by Harold Littlebird
Pennsylvania Winter Indian 1974 by Harold Littlebird
Wrap Me In Blankets Of Momentary Winds by Harold Littlebird
Andonis, My Daughter by Thomas (20th Century-) Peacock
Earth Song by Thomas (20th Century-) Peacock
Fear by Thomas (20th Century-) Peacock
For The Children by Thomas (20th Century-) Peacock
In Respect Of The Elderly by Thomas (20th Century-) Peacock
Six Eagles by Thomas (20th Century-) Peacock
Agent Of Love by A. K. Redwing
A Blue Jeaned Rock Queen In Search Of Happiness ... by A. K. Redwing
Chrome Babies Eating Chocolate Snowmen In The Moonlight by A. K. Redwing
Cosmic Eye by A. K. Redwing
The Hoofer by A. K. Redwing
A Lost Mohican Visits Hell's Kitchen by A. K. Redwing
Sitting Bull's Will Versus The Sioux Treaty .. & Monty Hall by A. K. Redwing
Tornado Soup by A. K. Redwing
Two Hookers by A. K. Redwing
The World's Last Unnamed Poem by A. K. Redwing
Written In Unbridled Repugnance Near Sioux Falls, Alabama by A. K. Redwing
Advice From Euterpe by Carter Revard
Another Sunday Morning by Carter Revard
'but Still In Israel's Paths They Shine' by Carter Revard
Coming Of Age In The County Jail by Carter Revard
The Coyote by Carter Revard
Discovery Of The New World by Carter Revard
Driving In Oklahoma by Carter Revard
Esp by Carter Revard
Getting Across by Carter Revard
Home Movies by Carter Revard
January 15 As A National Holiday by Carter Revard
North Of Santa Monica by Carter Revard
Not Just Yet by Carter Revard
On The Bright Side by Carter Revard
Support Your Local Police Dog by Carter Revard
Alaskan Mountain Poem #1 by Leslie Marmon Silko
Deer Song by Leslie Marmon Silko
Four Mountain Wolves by Leslie Marmon Silko
Hawk And Snake by Leslie Marmon Silko
Horses At Valley Store by Leslie Marmon Silko
In Cold Storm Light by Leslie Marmon Silko
Indian Song: Survival by Leslie Marmon Silko
Love Poem by Leslie Marmon Silko
Poem For Ben Barney by Leslie Marmon Silko
Poem For Myself And Mei: Abortion by Leslie Marmon Silko
Prayer To The Pacific by Leslie Marmon Silko
Preparations by Leslie Marmon Silko
Slim Man Canyon by Leslie Marmon Silko
Sun Children by Leslie Marmon Silko
The Time We Climbed Snake Mountain by Leslie Marmon Silko
Toe'osh: A Laguna Coyote Story; For Simon Ortiz, July 1973 by Leslie Marmon Silko
When Sun Came To Riverwoman by Leslie Marmon Silko
Where Mountain Lion Laid Down With Deer, February 1973 by Leslie Marmon Silko
Bird Of Power by Jim Tollerud
Buzz by Jim Tollerud
Earth by Jim Tollerud
Elementary by Jim Tollerud
Eye Of God by Jim Tollerud
Rainier by Jim Tollerud
Sunrise by Jim Tollerud
Thirsty Island by Jim Tollerud
Week-seek by Jim Tollerud
Anishinabe Grandmothers by Gerald Vizenor
Family Photograph by Gerald Vizenor
Febraury Park by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Haiku by Gerald Vizenor
Indians At The Guthrie (2) by Gerald Vizenor
North To Milwaukee by Gerald Vizenor
Raising The Flag by Gerald Vizenor
Seven Woodland Crows by Gerald Vizenor
Thumbing Old Magazines by Gerald Vizenor
Tribal Stumps by Gerald Vizenor
Tropisms On John Berryman by Gerald Vizenor
Tyranny Of Moths by Gerald Vizenor
Unhappy Diary Days by Gerald Vizenor
Hartico by Anna L. Walters
I Am Of The Earth by Anna L. Walters
My Brothers, For Many Winters Now by Anna L. Walters
Simplicity Aims Circulary by Anna L. Walters
A Teacher Taught Me by Anna L. Walters
Blue Mountain by Roberta Hill Whiteman
E Uni Que A The Hia A Tho, Father by Roberta Hill Whiteman
Seal At Stinson Beach by Roberta Hill Whiteman
Steps by Roberta Hill Whiteman
Swamp by Roberta Hill Whiteman
Winter Burn by Roberta Hill Whiteman
Bags We Packed And We Expected This by Ramona Wilson
Evening Song: 1 by Ramona Wilson
Evening Song: 2 by Ramona Wilson
Keeping Hair by Ramona Wilson
Late In Fall by Ramona Wilson
The Meeting by Ramona Wilson
Overnight Guest by Ramona Wilson
Reading Indian Poetry by Ramona Wilson
Spring At Fort Okanogan by Ramona Wilson
Spring In Virginia by Ramona Wilson
Summer by Ramona Wilson
Before The Actual Cold by Ray A. Young Bear
The Place Of O by Ray A. Young Bear
The Place Of V by Ray A. Young Bear
The Way The Bird Sat by Ray A. Young Bear
What We Can by Ray A. Young Bear
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

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Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing (November 8, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559702249
• ISBN-13: 978-1559702249
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unique perspectives through excellent poetry . . ., June 6, 2000

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This review is from: Voices of the Rainbow: Contemporary Poetry By Native Americans (Paperback)

I have said it before, and I will say it again - poetry by the First People is some of the finest in print! Unpretentious, hard-hitting, or subtle, personal, and always from the heart, these poems will leave you wanting more. I don't mean to sound so cliche, but it is the truth. If you're sick of the dull Modern American poetry scene, then give this anthology a try (and the Harper's Anthology edited by Duane Niatum). I promise you will be seeking out the works of the individual poets!