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48. Upon the Brink of Destruction
a passage from The Dragon Epic by Thomas Davis 1 As Sshruunak and his followers began To flee the village, Mmirrimann sent out A panicked plea to stop. Ssruaanne had swerved To miss the ground near...
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Milk-Honey
by Thomas Davis My love’s breasts are full of milk honey, And the seed of life lies heavily within her. I praise the quietness of the gentle night When my voice can love play with her voice, And the...
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49. The Long Song Done
a passage from The Dragon Epic by Thomas Davis 1 Ruanne’s, the dragon’s, song gave strength to Wei. She moved her wings inside the nothingness, Ignoring wisps of spirits straining past The place she...
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My One True Love And the Meaning of Moments
She stands inside the garden’s blooming, still As long green stalks that reach toward the sun. Above her head the Arcosanti bell, A gift brought to her by her lovely son, Waits wind to stir its deep,...
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50. Having Become Human
The final passage of The Dragon Epic by Thomas Davis The morning sun was shining on the cliffs. The dragonflies were swarming on the pond. The surface of the pond seemed like it had An ever-moving veil...
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A Mouse
a children’s poem by Thomas Davis There was a little mouse that I knew Who was singing to the big blue sky. “Say little mouse,” I yelled at him there. “What do you see? A blue sky pie?” “No,” said the...
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The First Meeting of the Tribal College Presidents– Maori College...
Note: This starts a new series of poems, The Tribal College poems, that tell about the tribal college movement in the United States and the formation of the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education...
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At the Founding of the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium...
Rock mountains thrown down out of sky Into the green girdle of pine and spruce That fall into white trunks of aspen Fluttering with leaves in the valley Beside the sometimes molten turquoise of a...
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Kahukura
by Thomas Davis Two long days of writing a constitution And making the structure of an accreditation authority And then the long drive from Porirua to Hamilton Through the Ruahine range of mountains...
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Brother William, Maori Singer
by Thomas Davis Twelve hawks soar in a circle, Each wheeling interlocking into the next. They soar higher and higher, Dark wings part of summer blue sky, Growing smaller as they climb Above valley...
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Makwa Fits You Good
by Thomas Davis To Trevor Moeke Makwa fits you good: He wanders around the grounds, Rolling like a meadow rolls, Growling here and there With the song of who he is And greeting morning and evening...
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The Red Pines
by Thomas Davis The Red Pines Larry Anderson gathered us. He went through offices and cubicles, Telling everyone we were going to have a ceremony For the red pines to be harvested So we could continue...
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River of People
by Thomas Davis Carty Monette, silver hair fine below his shoulder blades, Eyes shining black, a handsome Indian man, Told the story at a big Kellogg Foundation meeting In Green Bay, Wisconsin. He said...
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Mana Forbes
I sing the song of Mana Forbes, His laughter deep with sun-drenched days; Inside his spirit swirling orbs Of rainbows dance in bright display. He drives through fields of endless green And tries to...
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The Journey to Advancing the Foundations of WINHEC Meeting in Todd Park, New...
by Thomas Davis We stood beneath graves of kings, And Mana, silver haired, large in life, words, and laughter, Stood with a staff made in Sante Fe, New Mexico And spoke as a New Zealand bird sang,...
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Kahukura
by Thomas Davis from World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Poems, Navajo Technical University Press Two long days of writing a constitution And making the structure of an accreditation...
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The Insight
by Thomas Davis She was different suddenly. Not in the way she looked: Young woman, small, black eyes intense, Her mouth used to smiling Even when she did not feel like smiling– But the tone of her...
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Spirit Bear
by Thomas Davis As cold as fish, as gray as slate, a bear Rose from a foaming wave and walked to shore. Above gray limestone cliffs a fiery glare Of maples bent into the tempest’s roar. Out in the lake...
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Ballad of the Barn
by Thomas Davis “They’ve always been half nuts,” she said. He frowned, looked pained, and shook his head. “No matter what, they’re still my brothers,” He said. “I almost hear my mother’s Exasperation...
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A Night of Jazz
by Thomas Davis King Rotten picked a bone out of the air! The ivories tickled white with music wild! Gold flashed and slid within the living room As fingers pumped and fingers danced and flew And...
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