goweli siquoya uwetsi 7- tiyohali / ᎪᏪᎵ ᏏᏉᏯ ᎤᏪᏥ 7 - ᏘᏲᎭᎵ (+en, ptl, es, fr)

tiyohali gesvase aqua ulanigvgv ganatlai. itsula yeliquase gadolequi ugodidi iyusdidine tiyohali nidvlenvda. utseli nugvwiyusv asinasvi gesvase gvliyilisv-alenidohv utsosdi nusdidanvdi hawinaditlv. atsvyai nasquv ulvquodase ganagvi nvda hawina, ginitloyi ayv, ale atsvyai agisdase nulinigvgvne nvda nidvlenvda, tsilv nigadv itsula hnadvga. gohi-iga gesvase equa-elohi iga tiyohali vhnai

ᏘᏲᎭᎵ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎤᎳᏂᎬᎬ ᎦᎾᏝᎢ. ᎢᏧᎳ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎦᏙᎴᏈ ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏗᏁ ᏘᏲᎭᎵ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ. ᎤᏤᎵ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒ ᎠᏏᎾᏒᎢ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎬᎵᏱᎵᏒ-ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎤᏦᏍᏗ ᏄᏍᏗᏓᏅᏗ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ. ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎾᏍᏋ ᎤᎸᏉᏓᏎ ᎦᎾᎬᎢ ᏅᏓ ᎭᏫᎾ, ᎩᏂᏠᏱ ᎠᏴ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎠᎩᏍᏓᏎ ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬᏁ ᏅᏓ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ, ᏥᎸ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎿᏛᎦ. ᎪᎯ-ᎢᎦ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎢᎦ ᏘᏲᎭᎵ ᎥᎿᎢ

[English]

tiyohali (ᏘᏲᎭᎵ), the lizard, is my power animal. We can learn many things from lizard. His main skill is surviving under difficult conditions. He also likes to lie in the sun, just like me, and he gets energy from the sun, as we all do. Today is World Lizard Day.


[portunhol surenho]

tiyohali (ᏘᏲᎭᎵ), o lagarto, é meu animal de poder. Nós podemos aprender muitas coisas do lagarto. Sua habilidade principal é sobreviver em condiciones difíceis. Ele também gosta de deitar ao sol, assim como eu, y ele recebe a energia do sol, como todos nós fazemos. Hoje é o Dia Mundial do Lagarto.


[español]

tiyohali (ᏘᏲᎭᎵ), el lagarto, es mi animal de poder. Podemos aprender muchas cosas de lagarto. Su habilidad principal es sobrevivir en condiciones difíciles. También le gusta tumbarse al sol, como yo, y recibe energía del sol, como todos nosotros. Hoy es el Día Mundial del Lagarto.


[français]

tiyohali (ᏘᏲᎭᎵ), le lézard, est mon animal de pouvoir. Nous pouvons apprendre beaucoup de choses du lézard. Sa compétence principale est de survivre dans des conditions difficiles. Il aime aussi se coucher au soleil, tout comme moi, et il reçoit de l’énergie du soleil, comme nous tous. Aujourd'hui est la Journée mondiale du lézard.

My Use of Social Media Platforms

I stopped using Facebook to promote my blog posts (or for any other purpose) at the beginning of 2018, but I am using it again, selectively, now. I had several reasons for leaving, but the main one was FB's ridiculous censorship of non-sexual nudity. I'm a naturist (have been for about forty years), so there is a lot of nakedness (mine) in the poetry blog. By the way, a lot of progress has been made recently in normalizing nudity, and I think Facebook and Instagram are the only major platforms that still ban it. I've never used Instagram, but I post to FB if the illustrations don't contain nudity. The ones that do, especially the series Gymniad, Gymnós, and Gymnosophia, are mostly absent from FB.

While I was away from Facebook, my use of Twitter increased, and it was there that I first introduced posts in the Udugi language, with or without translations. It appears that I now have serious students of the language, most of whom are following me on Twitter. Except for that one subject, I usually get a bigger response from Facebook.

For years I have also posted on Ello. It's full of artists and designers, along with writers and photographers, and has a nice look. Unfortunately, its user base is small.

My poetry blog is hosted by blogspot, which is part of Google. All of my blog posts also appear in Google Plus.

Many years ago I used a platform called Tribe, which I liked, but it unfortunately no longer exists.

My recurring dissatisfaction with Facebook caused me to investigate other platforms. The best alternative I've so far found is JoinDiaspora. It appears to be based in Europe, and its user base, which is not huge, is mostly European. I've found most users there to be intelligent, cultured, and congenial, and it has now become a regular destination for my work.

I post under the following names/IDs on these platforms:

Google Plus: Don Traxler

Facebook: Donald Traxler

Twitter: @dtrax42

Ello: @dtraxler

JoinDiaspora: Donald Traxler

And of course, the entire contents of the blog, going back to early October of 2016, can be found here: donaldtraxlerpoetry.blogspot.com. I'm happy to say that the blog has now had more than 41,000 visits, from many countries.

Gymnosophia XL - This Life (+ptl, es, fr)

This life is an elaborate
illusion.
Those who see through it
are spiritually alive.

[portunhol surenho]

Esta vida é uma elaborada
ilusión.
Aqueles que veem através disso
están espiritualmente vivos.


[español]

Esta vida es un elaborado
espejismo.
Aquellos que ven a través de él
están espiritualmente vivos.


[français]

Cette vie est une élaborée
illusion.
Ceux qui voient à travers
sont spirituellement vivants.