Cree Literacy Network

nîpitîhitowak acâhkosak

nîpitîhitowak acâhkosak î-wîcisimômâcik tipiskâwi-pîsimwa.
mihkwatâhk tâstapiskam ta-nîpatîsimot;|
tâstapîwatâhk wacîhpîsimow ispimihk isi-kwâskohtiw;
wâpanatâhk kamâciwisimow kotak kîsikâw î-wâpahtahk;
masinâsowatâhk otakwâhonîsimow;
sîpîwatâhk pimicitahkoskîw î-sîwîpanisimot.

ᓃᐱᑏᐦᐃᑐᐘᐠ ᐊᒑᐦᑯᓴᐠ

ᓃᐱᑏᐦᐃᑐᐘᐠ ᐊᒑᐦᑯᓴᐠ ᐄ ᐑᒋᓯᒨᒫᒋᐠ ᑎᐱᐢᑳᐏ ᐲᓯᒷ᙮
ᒥᐦᑿᑖᕽ ᑖᐢᑕᐱᐢᑲᒼ ᑕ ᓃᐸᑏᓯᒧᐟ;
ᑖᐢᑕᐲᐘᑖᕽ ᐘᒌᐦᐲᓯᒧᐤ ᐃᐢᐱᒥᕽ ᐃᓯ ᒁᐢᑯᐦᑎᐤ;
ᐚᐸᓇᑖᕽ ᑲᒫᒋᐏᓯᒧᐤ ᑯᑕᐠ ᑮᓯᑳᐤ ᐄ ᐚᐸᐦᑕᕽ;
ᒪᓯᓈᓱᐘᑖᕽ ᐅᑕᒁᐦᐅᓃᓯᒧᐤ;
ᓰᐲᐘᑖᕽ ᐱᒥᒋᑕᐦᑯᐢᑮᐤ ᐄ ᓰᐑᐸᓂᓯᒧᐟ᙮

Stars Dance in Line

Stars align themselves dancing with the moon.
Mars does a quick step into line;
Mercury fancy dances a jumps in the air;
Venus says a prayer of thanks for another day;
Jupiter wraps her shawl ready to dance;
Uranus quietly sidesteps in her jingle dress.

Today’s poem is Sol’s response to a call from astronomer Wilfred Buck: “On March 28th, 5 planets & the Moon will be in alignment. Visible just after sunset. This will signify that there will be an Alien Invasion!! They will be here to break into Area 51 and cause chaos & havoc!!! It might mess up your star link!!! Be prepared!!! lol…”

In his effort to be prepared, Sol not only wrote the poem, he used “HI” (human intelligence, as opposed to AI) to “prepare” his pre-existing night sky photo to show the alignment we all might hope to see (if it’s not too cold to be out, or if we’re not all hiding from aliens.)