The poems are included in a book called Americans Favorite Poems. It was edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz. We will read five of poems from the book by American poets.
Oglala Sioux Poet Describes Power of World as Circle
Our first poem is by Black Elk. He was a famous spiritual leader of the Oglala Lakota Native American tribe. He took part in two famous battles against American troops during the late 1800s. At the end of his life, he told about a number of his tribes ceremonies and ideas about life. Among these was the poem called
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
Everything the Power of the World does
is done in a circle. The sky is round,
and I have heard that the earth is round
like a ball, and so are all the stars.
The wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
Birds make their nests in circles,
For theirs is the same religion as ours.
The sun comes forth and goes down again
in a circle. The moon does the same,
And both are round. Even the seasons
form a great circle in their changing,
and always come back again to where they were.
The life of man is a circle from childhood to childhood,
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