Art for Adele

Dear Adele, 

Loved hearing from you. 

You are only a thought away.

 Sharing one of the highlights of my summer

My first Pow Wow

For Easy Reading

Bells and bones and beads,

Fringes and jingles,

Feathers and flags,  

Flashes of color!

Ribbons and sashes, 

Staffs, shawls and sticks,

Eagle Feathers! 

Head dress, neck chokers,

Beast plates, armbands.

Loves handiwork

oozing with decorative truths

in intricate beadwork,

Pretty feet in high moccasins!

Drums,

beating out the song!

Circling and encircling.

Gracefully,

Dancing, stepping, rocking, 

Energetically,

Twirling, hopping, jumping, 

Strenuously agile, 

Jump Kick, High kick, zigzag,

Listen to the song

Circling and encircling.

Expressing,

Facts, feelings, feats, family,

Stories Unspoken!

Merging and emerging

Rejuvenating!

Dancers,

Recounting, Evolving, 

Balancing, Reaffirming

Inviting All 

to hear a story

For the drumbeat echoes 

the beat of the heart

for truth can exist in many forms.

Dancers,

Rhythmically

Owning, their story. 

Proudly honoring, 

Ceremony and Tradition!

Circling and Encircling

in a never ending circle

Life!