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Classics 19th Century 20th Century Native American Literature  1 min

To Yahola, On His First Birthday

Alexander Posey

Alexander Posey

Alexander Lawrence Posey was a Native American poet, humorist, journalist, and politician of the Muscogee Creek Nation. He founded the "Eufaula Indian Journal" in 1901, the first Native American daily newspaper. He was mostly known for his political satire in what became the "Fus Fixico Letters."

The sky has put her bluest garment on,
And gently brushed the snowy clouds away;
The robin trills a sweeter melody,
Because you are just one year old today.
 
The wind remembers, in his sweet refrains,
Away, away up in the tossing trees,
That you came in the world a year ago,
And earth is filled with pleasant harmonies,
 
And all things seem to say,
"Just one year old today."