58,000 Visits

I am happy to announce that this poetry blog has now had 58,000 visits since its inception in October 2016.

The posts in or concerning the Udugi language continue to be extremely popular, and I am very happy about that.

Thanks to all of you for your continued interest and enthusiasm.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

There Are More Questions than Answers / ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎪᏕᏍᏗ ᎠᏛᏛᎲᏍᎩᏗ

There are more questions than answers
in this world.
Its magic and mystery
are intact.

ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎪᏕᏍᏗ ᎠᏛᏛᎲᏍᎩᏗ
ᏏᏅ ᏬᎯᎵᏴᏍᎬᏗ
ᎯᎠ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎭᏫᎾ.
ᎾᏍᎩᎯ ᎠᏓᏪᎰ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎧᎵᏬᎯ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

He Looks Out on a World / ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎭᎦᏔᏎ ᏙᏰᎩ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎾᎿ

He looks out on a world
that doesn't know him,
seeing past light and shadow
and form,
to spirit.

ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎭᎦᏔᏎ ᏙᏰᎩ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎾᎿ
Ꮎ Ꮭ ᎤᏅᏔᏎ ᎠᏨᏯᎢᏁ,
ᎪᏩᏔᏁᏖ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏓᏴᎳᏛ
ᎠᎴ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ ᎤᏗᏗᏢ,
ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏗᏜ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

We Are Conduits for the Energy of Life

We are conduits for the energy of life,
we are vessels of the spirit,
we are love, embodied,
and nothing more.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Naked Wisdom 68

ᎢᏧᎳ ᎦᏙᎴᏈᏎ ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏗᏁ ᎠᏂ-ᏲᏁᎦ, ᎠᏂ-ᏳᎳᏈᎯ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ. ᎢᎦᏛ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏗ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎣᏍᏛ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏔᎵ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏗ Ꮎ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎦᏙᎴᏈᏎ , ᎠᏗᏔᏍᏗ ᏫᏍᎩᏁ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏆᏂᏳᏍᏗ, ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗᏎ ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲᏗᏁ.

We learned many things from the Whites, the Europeans. Some things were good, but two things that we learned, drinking whisky and gambling, have ruined many lives.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ 68

ᎢᏧᎳ ᎦᏙᎴᏈᏎ ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏗᏁ ᎠᏂ-ᏲᏁᎦ, ᎠᏂ-ᏳᎳᏈᎯ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ. ᎢᎦᏛ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏗ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎣᏍᏛ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏔᎵ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏗ Ꮎ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎦᏙᎴᏈᏎ , ᎠᏗᏔᏍᏗ ᏫᏍᎩᏁ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏆᏂᏳᏍᏗ, ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗᏎ ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲᏗᏁ.

ᎧᏃᎩᏍᏗ ᏏᎵᏯ ᏗᏜ (2) / Song to Celia (2)

ᎣᏔᏕᎩᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎤᎵᏌᎳᏙᏓᏎ
ᎠᏔᏲᎯᎭᏎ ᏩᎦᎸᎳᏗᏳ ᎠᏗᏔᏍᏗᏁ,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎢᏳᏃ ᎠᏯ ᏰᎵᏊᏎ ᎠᏗᏔᏍᏗ
ᎦᏁᎲᏁ ᏦᏫ* ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᎢᏴᏚᏎ ᏂᎯᏁ ᎾᏍᎩᎭᎢ.

* ᎠᎪᎢ ᏗᏁᎸᏙᏗ, ᎡᏙᏓ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏗ ᎥᎿᎢ.


"The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine;
But might I of Jove's nectar sup,
I would not change for thine."