Time’s Nest
Time passed through town
And stole all the babies.
Left behind
Awkward boys with cracking voices
And girls who sulk
Amid torn stuffed animals
And tiny dresses.
Time stole the strength
Of fishermen who once pulled in
Full nets of salmon,
And curved the backs of the women
Who stayed home to garden
Leaving old people
Bent like branches
Under the snow.
Time climbs into every house
And keeps [...]
Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
Posted in Night Hours, poetry, tagged Night Hours, poetry on November 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Posted in poetry, tagged poetry on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The salmon have made their way upstream by now. I wrote this poem after a night of watching salmon leaping in a bay filled with bioluminescence. The glittering paths of the fish mirrored the starry August sky.
Salmon write their story
in the phosphorescent sea.
Each flick of their tails
a verse outlined in fire.
So many miles of ocean [...]
Posted in poetry, tagged kayaking, poetry, summer on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last summer, I led a group of people kayaking along the limestone cliffs of Keku Straits in Southeast Alaska. We stopped to look for fossils and the remains of ancient Tlingit village sites. I kept imagining all the changes the cliffs had seen and how little sign there was of human history except for the [...]
Posted in poetry, winter, tagged poetry, winter on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Winter is coming quickly to Alaska. Frost rimes the plants on the muskeg and gale force winds blew down most of the bright leaves on the few maples in town. The dark season is coming..
Winter showed up yesterday
slouching in his open coat.
“hey, Winter” I say,
“I didn’t expect you quite so soon.
I’ve seen Darkness hanging around
and [...]
