On the Hillside

dlherrmann

Buffalo herd on the hillside

   resting

in afternoon heat,

   breathing boulders

scattered in the grass

   and prairie flowers;

more than a hundred -

   awesome sight

and reminder

   of time when

great multitudes

   of the giant beasts

owned the prairie

   past horizon -

source of meat, bone tools,

   tipi skins and more

For Kanza, Lakota

   and others on the plains.

  • Author: dlherrmann (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 20th, 2020 22:14
  • Comment from author about the poem: Originally published in Midwest Quarterly, collected in Family Plowing and other prairie poems, new and used.
  • Category: Nature
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  • Goldfinch60

    Wonderful memories of time passed.

    Andy



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