Sôhkêyihta: The Poetry of Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe

"I build this story like my lair. One willow, / a rib at a time"
— "The Crooked Good"




Since 1990, Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe's work has stood out as essential testimony to Indigenous experiences within the ongoing history of colonialism and the resilience of Indigenous storytellers. Sôhkêyihta includes searing poems, written across the expanse of Halfe's career, aimed at helping readers move forward from the darkness into a place of healing.

Halfe's own afterword is an evocative meditati...