uluka
my Sanskrit owl
vahana, vehicle of Laksmi
sharing the name with
a muni, sage
uluka
my Sanskrit owl
vahana, vehicle of Laksmi
sharing the name with
a muni, sage
that term from silence
itself
uluka
a kind of grass
sound in grass
perhaps
uluka
the quiver i feel
crossing cultures
deva-nagari
the script
a divine city
the arrival of language
aen yiiboo
hiåhaå
Michif
Dakota
owl
English
dread as i pass
mixed
translating blood
liminal as feather
uluka
aen yiiboo
hiåhaå
owl
words don’t become you
translate this, for instance:
the absent sound
as you dive
from branch to life
the breath
beneath you
as it leaves
limned with silence