ᎪᎳᏅ-ᎠᏙᎯ / The Raven Woods

ᎪᎳᏅ-ᎠᏙᎯ ᎤᎭᏎ ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᏡᎬᏗᏁ. ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎢᏤ ᎦᎵᏦᏕ ᎣᏂᏗᏢ. ᎩᎵ Ꮭ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎠᏴᏍᏗ ᎠᏙᎯᏁ ᎤᏩᏒ, ᎢᎬᏂᏏᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏔᎷᎩᏍᎩ ᎠᏐᏴ. ᎠᏯ ᎨᏳᏓᏎ ᎠᏆ ᎢᏤ ᎦᎵᏦᏕᏁ, ᎠᎴ ᎪᎳᏅ-ᎠᏙᎯᏁ.

The raven woods have many trees. They are behind my new house. The dog cannot enter them alone, because there is a metal fence. I love my new house, and the raven woods.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler ꮨᏺꭽꮅ.

Body Parts / ᎢᎦᏛᏗ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎥᎿᎢ

Body parts
only hint
at the spirit.

ᎢᎦᏛᏗ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎥᎿᎢ
ᎤᏩᏌ ᎧᏁᎢᏍᏙᏓᏎ
ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎾᎿᎢ.

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In the End / ᎤᎵᏍᏛ ᎭᏫᎾ

In the end,
what we want
is beauty,
and we trust it
to be as close
to truth
as we will
ever get.

ᎤᎵᏍᏛ ᎭᏫᎾ,
Ꮎ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏚᎳᏓᏎ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏬᏚ,
ᎠᎴ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎰᏩ-ᎠᏰᎸᏓᏎ ᎾᏍᎩᏁ
ᎨᏒᎢ ᏥᎸ ᎾᎥᏂᎨ
ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏗᏜ
Ꮎ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎢᏳᏊ
ᎨᏒᎣᏎ.

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Shakespeare in Udugi I / ᎠᏕᎸᏗᎦᏘᏍᏗ ᎤᏚᎩ ᎭᏫᎾ I

"ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ, ᏂᎦ ᏐᎢ ᏚᏙᎥ ᎬᏙᏗ, Ꮭ ᎦᏩᏒᏚᏎ ᎢᏗᎦᏕ ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏛ?"

--ᎠᏕᎸᏗᎦᏘᏍᏗ

"Would not a rose, by any other name, smell as sweet?"

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Blinded by the Light / ᏗᎨᏫᏔ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ ᎬᏙᏗ

Blinded by the light,
we see with second sight.

ᏗᎨᏫᏔ ᎤᎸᏌᏓ ᎬᏙᏗ,
ᎢᏧᎳ ᎪᏩᏔᏎ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᎬᏙᏗ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler (ᏘᏲᎭᎵ).

My Nakedness Protects Me / ᎠᏆ ᎤᏰᎸᎮᏦ ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏓᏎ ᎠᏴ

My nakedness protects me,
if only for a short time,
from the intrusions
of a world gone mad.

My nakedness is
a sliver of sanity
in a world of farce,
something real
in the midst of
illusion.

Sun and wind
on my body
are strength
and truth.
Old age is transformed
to youth.

ᎠᏆ ᎤᏰᎸᎮᏦ ᎠᏓᏍᏕᎸᏓᏎ ᎠᏴ,
ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᏩᏌ ᏍᏆᎳᎯ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ,
ᎬᏩᏓᏄᎬᏗ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ
ᎤᏁᎫᎯᏔ ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎥᎿᎢ.

ᎠᏆ ᎤᏰᎸᎮᏦ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ
ᎠᎬᎭᎸᏕᏔ ᎣᏏ-ᎤᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᎥᎿᎢ
ᎡᏆ-ᎡᎶᎯ ᎭᏫᎾ ᎠᏤᎸᏙ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎤᏙᎯᏳ
ᎠᏰᎵ ᎭᏫᎾ
ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᎥᎿᎢ.

ᏅᏓ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏃᎴ
ᎠᏆ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎾᎿ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬ
ᎠᎴ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ.
ᎠᎦᏴᎴᏦ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎢᏴᏗᏔ
ᎠᏚᏍᎩ ᏗᏜ.

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Facing the Future / ᎤᎧᏛᏓᏁᏖ ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒᏁ

Facing the future,
he brings the past
to help shape
the present.

ᎤᎧᏛᏓᏁᏖ ᎤᏩᎫᏗᏗᏒᏁ,
ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎠᏲᎯᏍᏓᏎ ᏧᏩᎫᏔᏅᏒᏁ
ᎠᎵᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᎤᏙᏢᏒᏗ
ᏃᏊᎯᏓᏁ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.