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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