Cree Name Poem
Hi
THIS IS MY CREE POEM. PEOPLE HAVE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT
MY "CRAZY" LAUGH. THIS POEM IS ABOUT THAT.
PLEASE ENJOY
CREE NAMING POEM
“LAUGHING SPIRIT”
HER NAME TELLS OF HOW IT WAS WITH HER
THE TRUTH IS SHE WOULD JUST EXPLODE
OUT OF NOWHERE
EVERYBODY LEARNED NOT TO QUESTION IT
THAT IT WAS SIMPLY A PART OF HER
LIKE HER NOSE OR BROWN EYES THAT CRINKLED
THE SOUNDS WOULD BURST FORTH
LIKE A CACOPHONY OF JUMBLED SHRIEKS
THAT AWAKEND YOUR EARS
AND DREW YOUR ATTENTION
BUT SOMETHIMES THE SOUND WAS SWEET, MELODIC
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN A STAGNANT ROOM
SO WE WOULD LISTEN TO HER LAUGHTER
AND OUR HEARTS SMILED
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