Mapping Indigenous Poetry of North America, 1830-1924

Grief

This tag is expansive, in that it defines grief broadly. The tag designates tones or themes of loss, loneliness, and death. Grief in these poems is often both personal and generational, or community-wide. 

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  1. Themes Hannah Provost

Contents of this tag:

  1. "By an Ojibway Female Pen..." by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
  2. "Hec Dies" by John Lynch Adair
  3. "The Humboldt River" by John Rollin Ridge
  4. "The Harp of Broken Strings" by John Rollin Ridge
  5. "The Lovers" by George Copway
  6. "The Legend of Qu'Appelle Valley" by E. Pauline Johnson
  7. "A Delaware Indian Legend" by Richard C. Adams
  8. "Fire-Flowers" by E. Pauline Johnson
  9. "Re-voyage" by E. Pauline Johnson
  10. "The Sacrifice" by George Copway
  11. "Beyond the Blue" by E. Pauline Johnson
  12. "Silhouette" by E. Pauline Johnson
  13. "The Requiem" by George Copway
  14. "Through Time and Bitter Distance" by E. Pauline Johnson
  15. "The Forgiven Dead" by John Rollin Ridge
  16. "Workworn" by E. Pauline Johnson
  17. "At Half-Mast" by E. Pauline Johnson
  18. "Overlooked" by E. Pauline Johnson
  19. "Close By" by E. Pauline Johnson
  20. "In Grey Days" by E. Pauline Johnson
  21. "The Idlers" by E. Pauline Johnson
  22. "The Cave" by George Copway
  23. "When Love is Dead" by Alex Posey
  24. "To a Daffodil" by Alex Posey
  25. "To A Robin" by Alex Posey
  26. "A Picture" by Olivia Ward Bush-Banks