Udugi / Hope

"The medium is the message,"
Marshall said.
The meaning is in the saving
of something not yet dead,
to live again and flourish,
though it be only in part.
It is the service that the head
must render to the heart.

ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎾᏛᏁᎸ Ꮎ ᎠᏍᎪᎵ
ᎠᏎ ᎠᏓᏁᏗ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏗᏜ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Naked Wisdom 52

ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎬᎨᏫᏍᏓᏎ
Ꮎ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎬᏩᎣ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎡᏍᎦ-ᎢᎬᏁᎭᏎ ᎬᏩᎣᏁ,
ᎠᎴ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎡᏍᎦ-ᎢᎬᏁᎭᏎ ᎣᎬᏌᏁ.

If we forget that
we are part of nature,
we harm nature,
and we harm ourselves.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler

ᎤᏰᎸᎭ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ 52

ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎬᎨᏫᏍᏓᏎ
Ꮎ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎬᏩᎣ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎡᏍᎦ-ᎢᎬᏁᎭᏎ ᎬᏩᎣᏁ,
ᎠᎴ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎡᏍᎦ-ᎢᎬᏁᎭᏎ ᎣᎬᏌᏁ.

Sea-foam

The beach is spread with sea-foam,
iridescent harbinger
of the coming storm.
At the waning of the light,
in the darkness of the night,
the storm will steal our sand,
and leave us
dinosaur bones.

 
Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler

I Am

I am a product of
your consciousness
and mine,
living in galactic
depths of time,
unfazed by space,
at the heart
of the matter.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

Good morning and ᎣᏍᏛ ᏑᎾᎴᎢ! I'm pleased to announce that this poetry blog has now had a total of 53,000 visits since it was started in October 2016. We are currently adding a thousand visits every eleven days, which is 27% faster than when we started. I believe the quality of both the poetry and the illustrations has improved. Another thing that has helped is the Udugi language, which generates a lot of interest, far more than I ever thought it would.

It seems to me that I have found my voice as a poet, a voice that often includes the enforced austerity of a partially indigenous language. I seem to sense a bright future for this work, and a brighter future for us all.

I thank all of you for the support that your interest and enthusiasm provide. ᏩᏙ!

Naked Wisdom 51

Ꮭ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏧᏓᎴᏂᏦ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎬᏩᎣ ᎠᎴ ᎡᏆ-ᎠᏓᏅᏙ.

There is no separation between nature and the Great Spirit.