The Camera / ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏙᏗ / המצלמה

The camera is the lamp
that looks out on
Guernica.

ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏨᏍᏗᎪᎢ
Ꮎ ᎭᎦᏔᏎ ᏙᏰᎩ
ᎨᎴᏂᎧ ᎾᎿ.

המצלמה היא המנורה
שמסתכל על
גרניקה.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Jacobson בן נח Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.

Nature Is Washing Away / ᎬᏩᎣ ᎩᎶᎠᏎ ᎤᏣᏘᎾ

Nature is washing away
the footprints of the
Trail of Tears.
She says,
"I talk,
you listen."

ᎬᏩᎣ ᎩᎶᎠᏎ ᎤᏣᏘᎾ
ᎦᏅᏅᎢᏗᏁ
ᎨᏥᎧᎲᏓ ᎠᏁᎬᎢ ᎥᎿᎢ.
ᎾᏍᎩ-ᎠᎨᏴ ᎯᏁᎦᏎ,
"ᎠᏯ ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎦᏎ,
ᏂᎯ ᎭᏛᏓᏍᏚ."

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