91,000 Visits and a Big, Fat Fool

 Yesterday we passed the milestone of 91,000 visits to this poetry/photography/writing blog. It's hard for me to write about this milestone against the background of tragic, needless death and destruction that we are currently living through in the United States of America. So I won't.

What I will say is that at the moment I am not yet committed to another major writing project. Any ideas? You can send your thoughts/recommendations to exolinguist at gmail dot com, or put them into a "comentario" on this blog post. Meanwhile, I'll be trying to make myself useful in one way or another.

As usual, I thank you all for your continued interest and enthusiasm. A better day is coming.

--Donald Jacobson Traxler

Text and image Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Donald Jacobson Traxler.

As the Fool Falls

 As the Fool falls,

his screams are heard,

while thousands die

without a word.

Text Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Donald Jacobson Traxler.

Psalm 31:25

 חִזְקוּ וְיַאֲמֵץ לְבַבְכֶם כָל־הַמְיַחֲלִים לַיהוה׃

Be strong and let your hearts take courage,

all you who hope in the Lord.

Psalm 31:25

Translation by Donald Jacobson Traxler.

Translation and image Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Donald Jacobson Traxler.

Proverbs / Mishle 3.3

 חֶסֶד וֶאֶמֶת אַל־יַעַזְבֻךָ קָשְׁרֵם עַל־גַרְגְרוֹתֶיךָ כָּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּךָ׃

Let not mercy and truth

be absent from you.

Hang them around your neck

and write them on the tablet

of your heart.

--Proverbs / משלי  3.3

Translation by Donald Jacobson Traxler

Translation Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Donald Jacobson Traxler.

We Must Swim

 We must swim in new currents.

Nous devons nager dans de nouveaux courants.

Debemos nadar en nuevas corrientes.

Devemos nadar em novas correntes.

Text and image Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Donald Jacobson Traxler.

". . . and conjoined, they bring bliss"

 

" . . . and conjoined, they bring bliss"

Image Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Donald Jacobson Traxler.

While Traveling on the Royal Road / शाही सड़क पर यात्रा करते समय

 While traveling on the royal road

of the seven cities,

I met Krishna and his many gopis.

Before we arrived at Sahasrar,

one by one,

they became one.

Nagna says,

One by one,

they became bliss.

शाही सड़क पर यात्रा करते समय

सात शहरों में,

मैं कृष्ण और उनकी कई गोपियों से मिला।

इससे पहले कि हम सहस्रार पहुंचते,

एक एक करके,

वे एक हो गए।

नग्न कहते हैं,

एक एक करके,

वे आनंद बन गया।

Text and image Copyright © 2020 by Donald C. Traxler aka Donald Jacobson Traxler.