𐓷𐓘𐓧𐓟́𐓺𐓟/WalΓ©ze/Stationery

By Elise Paschen
This poem is comprised of three columns: the left contains Osage orthography, the middle is the phonetic spelling, and the right is the English translation.

Notes:

The phonetic spelling in the middle column is from the Osage Dictionary edited by Carolyn Quintero. With gratitude to Christopher Cote of the Osage Nation Language Department for providing the Osage orthography

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Source: Poetry (July/August 2022)