Ojibway (Anonymous) - Sometimes
Ivan M. Granger February 23rd, 2009
Sometimes
by Ojibway (Anonymous)
English version by Robert Bly and Frances Densmore
Sometimes I go about pitying myself,
and all the time
I am being carried on great winds across the sky.
— from Art & Wonder: An Illustrated Anthology of Visionary Poetry, Edited by Kate Farrell
/ Photo by tanakawho /
What is there to say, but to spread our arms and feel the great winds rise up…?
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Ojibway (Anonymous)
US (19th Century) Timeline |
The Ojibway (Chippewa) are one of the most numerous nations of Native Americans. Traditional Ojibway lands are centered in Michigan, Minnesota, Saskatchewan and surrounding regions.
Attributing this to the 19th century is a guess. The source book did not estimate the date of composition.
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Dear Ivan, I simply can’t begin to tell you how often your powerful messages reach my heart with perfect timing…I am always grateful….Namaste, Eleanor Be Well!!
What are these winds that carry us from form to formlessness?
Or from formlessness into form?
Is it the desire of passion that takes us into oneness?
Or the desire of oneness that takes us into passion?
Shall we become one together?
Or shall we pretend that we are duality merging into
Our form of formlessness.
Much Love
Jim Atwell