Native

Trumpeter (1994)

ISSN: 0832-6193

Native

David Sparenburg
Trumpeter

About the poet: David Sparenburg's essays, stories and poetry have appeared in a variety of periodicals and journals, throughout North America and Europe. He has published Words on Fire, Not Bodies (poetry), and The Name is Shalom (poetry). Both are available from him at 1713 - 14th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122.

 animal that is me
 needs more dimension
 than civilization
 unfree
 in the mass confusion
 lion
 of the arid uplands
 redhawk
 over brindled woodlands
 wingpaint
 and the mythic
 pawprints
 not meant
 to be bat or mole
 mine is the beast
 tensing
 in the twilight
 silent
 as the breath behind you
 powerful
 like rolling thunder
 birthright
 of a native
 singer
 long flight
 of a spirit
 drum
 mine is the dream
 that haunts wild mountains
 mine is the dancelife
 of winds and shadows
 silent
 as the breath behind you
 powerful
 like the voice
 of thunder



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