Poetry of shamanism When we speak, is like sing, our mother tongue is tonal so we need to use sounds to communicate. But no all Mazatec people knows that, as a friend say once "when we speak, we don´t think about it" and it is right, we don´t ask about the structure of our tongue. It happens with shamanism too, but is more special because is about Mazatec Poetry. When a Mazatec shaman is on a ceremony mushrooms, he or she, speak in different way that usually speak everyday. Mazatec shamans are not poets but they sign poetry, in the moment on the ceremony they improvise what they say, someones call the nature, others, call the "santos" (from Catholicism) but everyone use the language of poetry. Jo sanda ’ndsokoi From you everything foot Como desde tus pies jo sanda jña tijnai from where you are como hasta donde estas jin ’ny’alen xkuin between the cold of your eyes entre el frio de tus ojos ’ngayeje jo tisui all of that your are (like you) todo lo que eres Ka ta tsje ka ta ma To clean, to will happen Que se limpie, que suceda ka ta xkúen ka ta ’ny’an need to be (new), need to be cold que sea tierno otra vez, que se vuelva a enfriar jin nangui joni ’ng’ajmi on the earth like on the sky en la tierra y en el cielo jin sjue ’ndoa jonni jin jtsí below the sun like bellow the rain bajo el calor y bajo la lluvia Shaman are normal persons, in our community, in our village everybody knows who is shaman, and we go to their house when we are sick. In a normal situation shaman speak like normal persons. Another interesting thing in poetry is metaphor, shamans use this frequently because is more easier to improvise.