The People’s Poet offers variations of what is sometimes right in front of our eyes. The author’s lasting impressions eventually crystallized into poetry that is both emotional and gripping. We may see crime and street violence, or soothing scenes such as nature and the environment. Walter James wrote his earlier poetry about the dramatic and the frightening, but his more recent poems reflect on more serene surroundings and on thoughtful contemplations including the future of mankind. His lasting impressions eventually crystallized into poetry that is both emotional and gripping. Some poems were completed after years passed, including "In Spanish Harlem," …
“During the night it happened. Rumors from the east had spoken of the arrival of pale men and women, with fiery sticks that could kill from a great distance. The medicine man, Falcon Eye, had been fasting for weeks to receive a vision that could tell him and his people how best to prepare for this new threat. This night his prayers to the Great Wankan-Tanka had been heard. Falcon Eye came out of his tepee while the sky was still midnight blue and the horizon spoke quietly of the coming dawn in purple and pink. He looked at the …
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