Exceptional Historical Narrative of the Lakota. Last Winter of the Ghost Road by lonna blodgett Idiom Poetry writing prompt entry

The death winter came and was deep With white on the purple mountain The Tiwahe’  'Standing Rock People' Begged for warm fires from Iktinie the Sun Spirit Our mouths were hungry and bodies were weak Iya’ the Snow Monster had taken us farther to the south To follow Capa the Beaver Spirit A long journey into early winter’s night For there was much labor to keep warm in our Thipi’ Our mouths were hungry and bodies were weak When Iwoblu the Winter Storm whispered his cold story To the Aicita the Ghost Messenger She tricked Mathohota the Grizzly Spirit with her wailing To haunt the sky with growling winds Our mouths were hungry and bodies were weak The Wahupakoza escaped on icy feathers Stirring the winds with their flight of fears And within the SunOthi’ earth dens, the wolves Sungmanitu’ howled with their starvation Our mouths were hungry and our bodies were weak While the stone figured buffalo Wankan Tanka’ Blood was cursed with ice Their coats were bitten with Heyumka Mothers were caged in the hard frost while their calves fell and died Our mouths were hungry and bodies were weak Gleska Wowayazan the spotted sickness harvested our souls We were prisoners of Wichat A’ the sickness that takes all Zuya Whichsa' our boldest warriors were taken from us To follow the Wanagi’ the spirit of departed human beings Far to the Milky Way to stand before Hihankara’ the judge of souls Our mouths were hungry and bodies were weak We mourned and chanted for the loss of our children Wasigla’! And the People of Standing Rock wept AcheyA’ in dreams Of earth warmth and filled bellies of mothers and children Our mouths were hungry and bodies were weak It was the last winter of the ghost road I am White Buffalo Calf Woman, I am the keeper of words and I tell you now so that you will know https://soundcloud.com/lonnalewisblodgett/the-last-winter-of-the-ghost-road/s-fKFUXv2lHSB?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing   Music credit:  Lakota by Sheffy Oren Bach Prompt #2 Glossary: Tiwahe’ – Lakota tribe known as the Standing Rock People Iktinie – Lakota Sun spirit Iya’ – The Snow Monster that brings ferocious winter Capa – The Beaver spirit of industriousness and work Thipi’ – Earthen mound dwelling Iwoblu – Severe Winter Storm Aicita – The Ghost Messenger Mathohota – The Grizzly Spirit Wahupakoza – Birds SunOthi – Wolves den Sungmanitu – Wilderness Dog (wolves, coyote) Wankan Tanka – Buffalo/Great Spirit Heyumka – Hard Frost Gleska Woayazan – Spotted Sickness (Small Pox) Wichat A’ – Epidemic Zuya Whichsa’ – Honored Warriors Wanagi’ – Spirit of Departed Souls Hihankara’ – the Owl Maker and Guardian of the Sky Road Wasigla’ – to mourn AcheyA – To cry for the dead Writing Prompt Write a poem that features or studies an idiom or series of idioms. Your poem can be rhyming or free verse. An idiom is an expression that presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase. Such as: Under the Weather. Highlight your idiom or Idioms by making them Bold put them in Italics or both. Author Notes The Lakota language is beautifully connected to nature and is enigmatic. It is a rich tapestry that links destiny to the Great Spirit (the unexplainable) while relating to the human experience.

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