Our Speech Is still Sprinkled with Spanish

Our speech is still sprinkled with Spanish,
I still drink ma-te every day,
but we are here,
and this is home.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

A Gentle Rain Is Falling / ᎤᏓᏅᏘ ᎠᎦᏍᎬ ᎤᎶᏒᎦᏎ

A gentle rain is falling,
birds hop in tree branches,
expecting worms.

ᎤᏓᏅᏘ ᎠᎦᏍᎬ ᎤᎶᏒᎦᏎ,
ᏥᏍᏆᏗ ᎠᏓᎾᏫᏗᏍᎦᏎ ᎤᏍᏗ-ᎤᏩᏂᎦᎸᏗ ᎾᎿ,
ᎤᏚᎩ-ᎬᏓᏁᏖ ᏥᏍᎪᏯᏗᏁ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.

Bride Cart

I'll push no more the militant bride-cart,
because I simply don't think it right
to seek my name with high abandon
in stony paths that know no peace.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.