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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NAVAJO LEGEND, by WILLARD JOHNSON First Line: Is it true, mother, that the mountain sun Last Line: By god-like boys. Subject(s): Animals; Children; Deserts; Food & Eating; Horses; Mothers; Mountains; Native Americans; Navajo Indians; Childhood; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America | |||
Is it true, mother, that the mountain sun, The silver-studded day, Is a laughing horse and a blue stallion As the old men say? It is certainly true, my son, that the desert Is dusty with hoof-beats and noise Of galloping charges straddled and girt By god-like boys. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD INDIAN by ARTHUR STANLEY BOURINOT SCHOLARLY PROCEDURE by JOSEPHINE MILES ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON THE INDIANS ON ALCATRAZ by PAUL MULDOON PARAGRAPHS: 9 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THEY ACCUSE ME OF NOT TALKING by HAYDEN CARRUTH AMERICAN INDIAN ART: FORM AND TRADITION by DIANE DI PRIMA DENVER STREET by WILLARD JOHNSON FROM A HOUSE IN NEW ENGLAND (TO A FRIEND IN THE WEST) by WILLARD JOHNSON |
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