We Are Anonymous / ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏚᏙᎥ ᏄᏠᏯᏍᏛᎾ

We are anonymous in the flesh,
but identifiable in the spirit.
How is this possible?
Only the Great Spirit knows.

ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏚᏙᎥ ᏄᏠᏯᏍᏛᎾ ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎠᏓᏙᎯᏙᏗᏔ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎭᏫᎾ.
ᎯᎳᎪ ᎯᎠ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏰᎵᏊ?
ᎤᏩᏌ ᎡᏆ-ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏅᏔᏎ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ / I Am Not a Teacher

ᎠᏯ Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ.
ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ.
ᎤᏃᎴ ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ.
ᎠᏥᎸ ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ.
ᎠᎹ ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ.
ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ.

I am not a teacher.
Earth is a teacher.
Wind is a teacher.
Fire is a teacher.
Water is a teacher.
Spirit is a teacher.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Warmed by a Fire Unseen / ᎤᎦᎾᏫᏔ ᎠᏥᎸ Ꮭ ᎪᏩᏘᏔ ᎬᏙᏗ

Warmed by a fire unseen,
he stares into past and future,
accepting all.

ᎤᎦᎾᏫᏔ ᎠᏥᎸ Ꮭ ᎪᏩᏘᏔ ᎬᏙᏗ,
ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎭᎦᏔᏎ ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒ ᎾᎿᎢ,
ᏗᏓᏁᎸᎢᏍᏓᏁᏖ ᏂᎦᏛᏁ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Man, Dog, and Sun / ᎠᏍᎦᏯ, ᎩᎵ, ᎠᎴ ᏅᏓ

ᎠᏍᎦᏯ, ᎩᎵ, ᎠᎴ ᏅᏓ:
ᎣᏍᏛ ᎤᎾᏓᏟᏌᏅ.

Man, dog, and sun:
a good combination.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

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.