Best Lakota Poems

I'm very small
I am called Standing Tall
My story to be read as i live through it all.

Our Dakota lands are forest and vast
Where our ancestors have hunted
From long in the past.

Our tribes are, a confederation of seven
With our language of Lakota, Sioux heaven
We stand proud...

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Lakota
Heyokah
Sacred clown
Empathic
Warrior
Sacred Mirror
Provoke Truth
Using Laughter
Precious Gift
Lakota
Heyokah...

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We people long before born here,
hunting lands for our eat.
our heavens above shed us tears,
and life began to beat.
 
Heavens gave to them purest birth,
above they warm my skin.
calling to me as mother earth,
I beat their heart within.
 
Nourished by the mother we live,
grateful for...

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____Lakota Language____


hey'api,                                 

khuta wasma,

wankan tanka,

han,

In'anjinyo,

wayanka,

he ta'ku hwo?

tate,

maypiya,

hanhepiwi,

wicahpi,

wa,

wanji cet'an,

wanji,

wanji,

sung manitu,

tanka,

khuta wasma,

wiyakas,

hin,

nunpa cantes,

wanji nagi, 

khuta...

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‘Wana Hin Gle’ the Lakota call me,
  ‘Wana Hin Gle’ my given name

‘He Who Happens Now,’ the drum beat has found me,
  reaching into this moment beyond glory and fame

As ‘Wana Hin Gle,’ my spirit has wandered,
  as ‘Wana Hin Gle,’ my...

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Circle of drums beat to hearts joined in 
solemn union with the ways of the past.

The Eagle flies overhead, reminding the
Chosen People of their destiny.

Elders share wisdom with their youth,
filling them with strength to overcome
the burdens, the pale-faces have pressed
upon them.

Sacred Vision Quests show the...

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‘Wana Hin Gle’ the Lakota call me,
‘Wana Hin Gle’ my given name

‘He Who Happens Now,’ the drumbeat has found me,
reaching into this moment beyond glory and fame

As ‘Wana Hin Gle,’ my spirit has wandered,
as ‘Wana Hin Gle,’ my ancestors call

The questions dissolve, as The Great...

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‘Wana Hin Gle’ the Lakota call me,
‘Wana Hin Gle’ my given name

‘He Who Happens Now,’ the drum beat has found me,
reaching into this moment beyond glory and fame

As ‘Wana Hin Gle,’ my spirit has wandered,
as ‘Wana Hin Gle,’ my ancestors call

The questions dissolve, as The...

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The wolf demands
what the shepherd
can’t protect

A busy hand
helps the angry heart
forget

(Pine Ridge South Dakota: July, 2019) 
‘To Mari Sandoz’...

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Lakota legend of the white buffalo 
Clear intent for peace harmony and balance 
Between all colors of man 
And all living things in Earth mother

Trust the guidance given to you by Spirit world
Give thanks for your blessings
Keep communication with creator open
White buffalo is a reminder...

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This being Native American Heritage month I salute the indigenous people
whose knowledge and principles I wish we’d done more to embrace…
instead of doing everything in our power…their culture and identity to erase.

If we’d only taken the time to see the world, our Earth, from their...

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The white wing of the wind
blew down from tomorrow

Carrying a message of hope
—from beyond the unknown

(Dreamsleep: August, 2020)...

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I ran across a prayer to the Earth 
written many years ago by the Lakota Sioux
and mixing my words in with theirs…
I’d like to share this prayer with you:

Oh Great Spirit..whose voice I hear in the wind
and whose breath has given life and innocence to...

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Crazy Horse's Naming Vision
by Michael R. Burch

Earthbound,
and yet I now fly
through these clouds that are aimlessly drifting...
so high
that no sound
echoing by
below where the mountains are lifting
the sky
can be heard.

Like a bird,
but not meek,
like a hawk from a distance regarding its prey,
I will shriek,
not a word,
but...

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