Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Buffalo

Upon the Great Plains they did roam,

Magnificent in size and shape,

Sharing with first peoples their home.

The buffalo filled the landscape.

Relied on their bodies to give

Life essentials to peoples graced

By buffalo so as to live.

None of buffalo went to waste.

The spirit of the buffalo

Was praised by first peoples so that

All good brought by nature would flow

Through the Great Plains shared habitat.

Intruders came in time and place,

Slaughtered buffalo in disgrace.