Bangan Zoogipoog / Silent Snowfall

By Margaret Noodin

Epiichi bangan zoogipoog
While silently the snow falls

biinijichaagigewaad
souls are washed new

biidaazhegaamewaad
arriving along the shore

endazhi maaminonendamang
where we pause to consider

ezhi-oshkibaakadawaabiyang waaseyaabang.
the way each dawnlight opens our eyes again.

Credits

Reprinted from Noodin, Margaret, What the Chickadee Knows: "Silent Snowfall." Copyright © 2020 Wayne State University Press, with the permission of Wayne State University Press.