Hiawatha and Minnehaha Hiawatha and Minnehaha Hiawatha and Minnehaha is a sculpture by Jacob Fjelde that has stood in Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis since the early twentieth century. Now a popular fixture of the park, its placement there was originally controversial. In 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published a book-length poem entitled "The Song of Hiawatha". Longfellow never visited Minnesota, but he set his poem among the Ojibwe and Dakota of the region. The poem's story line was based on traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) tales, as recorded, sometimes incorrectly, by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. "The Song of Hiawatha" was widely read and had significant cultural influence
Hunkar (epic poem) Hunkar (epic poem) Hunkar is an epic poem by Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'. "Himalaya" is from the collection "Hunkar" (A Roar) which has been described by a critic as "burning coals in the shade of playful rainbow". In this poem, the loftiness of the Himalayas reflects metaphorically the Mahatma, whom he invokes to rise to action, leaving the path of the mystical meditation of the ascetic. Few stanzas in translation are: "My king of mountains! My magnificent one!<br>" "Radiant embodiment of great glory!<br>" "Flame of fierce, accumulated prowess!<br>" "Snowy diadem of my motherland!<br>" "Effulgent brow of my Bharat!<br>" "My king