The Mississippi River

Who will be at the water ceremony this morning? Will it be Kristen and the girls? Yes. The grandgirls and great-grandgirls plan to attend before they go to a powwow. Only one dances but they all love to watch the dancers.

The great Mississippi

is a beauty to see

The trees that are lining

the river are shining

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The river was low on this day

In September of 2024, on a Sunday

The gathering was fun for everyone

We catch up with tales of our favorite one

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The river brings awe to me

to see the beauty in the tree

the eagle on his favorite perch

sometimes it is a bit of a search

to find the eagle you see

It’s time for some birds to fly south

we have frost warnings for both

here and a few other places

It is flocks of birds, those flying aces

Our ceremony is to start with asema

There is a song sung in the four directions

Negoni, Negoni, Negoni asema…

Then there are other songs in our collections

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The grandgirls didn’t make it

they stayed up too late and slept in

another time is what I said, I’ll sit

and pray for them as I picture their grin

The river today is beautiful

I took pictures as usual.

We had fun at the river

Even with a bit of a shiver

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The temperature is dropping

and supposed to warm after frosting

Today was the first day of fall

It was bound to have a chill after all

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Photos of the river today

Are not the same as yesterday

That is okay as we will never say

Oh, we will post this one anyway

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First published by Mercury Press on medium.com