I am happy to announce that this poetry blog has now received 51,000 visits. It was on Dec. 5 that I announced 50,000, so we are receiving 1,000 visits every two weeks, or 500 per week. Not too bad for poetry, I should say.

The blog, of course, also includes a little prose and quite a lot of photography. As to the poetry itself, I think I have finally found my identity and my poetic voice, after some years of exploration. The present, therefore, gives some hint concerning the future.

Thanks to all of you for your interest and enthusiasm.

From Out of the Past

ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ
ᎠᏯ ᎧᏁᎬᎠᏎ ᏃᏊᎯᏓ ᏗᏜ
ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒ ᏗᏜ.
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎡᏆ ᎡᎷᏪᎢ
ᎤᏃᏴᎬ ᎣᏂᏗᏢ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎬᏃᏛ,
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎬᏃᏛ.


From out of the past
I speak to the present
and to the future.
There is a great silence
behind the world's noise,
and it is alive,
it is alive.

ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ

ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ
ᎠᏯ ᎧᏁᎬᎠᏎ ᏃᏊᎯᏓ ᏗᏜ
ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒ ᏗᏜ.
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎡᏆ ᎡᎷᏪᎢ
ᎤᏃᏴᎬ ᎣᏂᏗᏢ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎬᏃᏛ,
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎬᏃᏛ.

ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ

ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ
ᎠᎴ ᎤᏓᏴᎳᏛ,
ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏏᏊ
Ꮎ ᎠᎵᏘᎠᏎ ᎠᎦᏙᎵᏁ
ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏙᏗ ᎥᎿᎢ.
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ Ꮎ ᎢᏧᎳ
ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ,
ᎠᎴ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᏩᏌ ᏃᏊ
ᎠᎴᏅᏓᏎ
ᎤᏅᏘ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ.

We Are Light and Shadow

We are light and shadow,
and something more
that eludes
the camera's eye.
It is what we have
always been,
and we are only now
beginning
to know it.

Seventy-six Years

Seventy-six years
of a particular life
have shaped this body.
There were other bodies
before this,
and will be
still more.
Until?
What?
What is the grand
destination
at which we
are aiming?
We knew, once,
but have
forgotten.

I Am Not Only This Body / ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏩᏌ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎸ.

ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏩᏌ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎸ.
ᎠᏯ ᎠᎳᏍᏗᏎ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎯᎸᎯᎷᎢ ᏓᎾᎵᎲᏗ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎠᎴ ᎠᎳᏍᏙᏎ ᏓᎾᎵᎲᏗ ᎭᏫᎾ ᎢᏅ ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒ ᎥᎿᎢ.
ᏃᏊ, ᎠᏯ ᎦᏙᎬᎣᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎤᎸᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎾᏓᏅᏟ ᎬᏙᏗ
ᏙᎯᏱ ᎾᏍᎩᎭᎢ.


I am not only this body.
I have fought in ancient battles,
and will fight in battles
of the far future.
Now, I will stand
with my sisters
and brothers
for peace.