Best Poems Written by David Lee Herring

We Are the Ghost Dance Poets

We Are The Ghost Dance Poets
  by David Lee Herring (The Powwow Poet)

  
We come together from near and far
Like wise men following the star
from the sweet Grass Hills, We come to be filled 
with the Spirit from on high 
Holy Great Spirit in the Sky
Calls us to come together now
He’s our grandfather, he’ll teach us how 
 Peace and Love will prevail

For we are the Ghost Dance Poets
Summoned together by Great Spirit
Fighting this battle with pen instead of arrow
Taking the path that is the most narrow 
Calling all humanity
to come together in unity

We paddle down the Zuni River
 As through rusty red silt she slivers   
On this quest to quench the thirst of our souls 
 we surrender all control
to the guidance of Great Spirit
We answer his Call as we hear it
With the rattle of the Gourd and the beat of the drum 
We all come together as one

For we are the Ghost Dance Poets
Summoned together by Great Spirit
Fighting this battle with pen instead of arrow
Taking the path that is the most narrow 
Calling all humanity
to come together in unity

Some begin their journey at Bear Butte
Others start their passage at Pahuk
All from different nations and tribes
For We are Great Spirit's Scribes 
His poems pour forth from our tongues
We sing songs like our Fathers have sung
Prophetic rhymes of warning to mankind 
earth is your mother, respect and love her 
We all sprang up from her soil 
Now we must all join in and toil
Gather and labor together to save her

For we are the Ghost Dance Poets
Summoned together by Great Spirit
Fighting this battle with pen instead of arrow
Taking the path that is the most narrow 
Calling all humanity
to come together in unity

See, Wounded Knee could not stop the poets
Over a hundred years ago and We still hear it
The sound of the drum calling us to come
and all join together in the circle 
And once again there'll be miracles 
Bringing healing to our bodies and souls 
As from all tribes together we dance
For Dance is a form of romance
It's Intimacy with the Holy One
As all of his daughters and sons
Worship the Father together as one
For that is how true healing comes

For we are the Ghost Dance Poets
Summoned together by Great Spirit
Fighting this battle with pen instead of arrow
Taking the path that is the most narrow 
Calling all humanity
to come together in unity

Copyright © David Lee Herring | Year Posted 2018