poets.org features Elise Paschen’s poem 𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟/Wahzhazhe/Osage from BLOOD WOLF MOON

^{Wa-zha’-zhe, name of the Osage tribe . . . who came from the stars.
—“The Osage and the Invisible World: From the Works of Francis LaFlesche”}

                                                   The first language

𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟 which Eliza,

                                                                              her grandmother, spoke.

                                           I try to learn

              the words 𐓣𐓟

                                                     from a book, a dictionary.