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The Islands of San Juan - Timeshare

THE ISLANDS OF SAN JUAN - TIMESHARE [FOLKTALE] IN A PORTION, A SPELL IS CASTE. THE PEOPLE ARE CALLED NUGLUMMI. IN A TRANCE STATE, THEY EAT HONEY AND BEES ARE FORM FROM THEIR EYES. INSIGHTFULLY THEY BEGIN TO TRANSFORM THE TERRAIN AND ISLANDS FORMED FOR THE FREEDOM OF WOMAN AND MAN. THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA ARE FREE IN THE PUGET SOUNDS. DOUGLAS FIR GROWS TALL. THE LANDSCAPE IS EVERGREEN AND THE LUMMIS ARE SALISAN. DIALECTIC VERSIONS OF THIS LANGUAGE ARE POSSESSED. THEIR LOGIC IS HOW THEY TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. * THE PENINSULA THAT RESIDES IN THEIR TOPOGRAPHY IS VAST IN SHAPE AND FASHIONED BY THE UNINHABITED PORTAGE ISLAND WHERE THEIR RESERVED LAND NOW LAYS. LIKE MANY NORTHWEST COAST TRIBES, THEY GASTRONOMY CONSISTS OF THE COLLECTING OF SHELLFISH, GATHERING OF PLANTS SUCH AS CAMAS AND DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BERRIES, AND MOST IMPORTANT, AS SALMON FISHERMEN, THEY DEVELOPED “REEF NETTING.” THEY ENJOY POTLATCH ON THE ORCAS ISLAND, SAN JUAN ISLAND, LUMMI ISLAND, FIDALGO ISLAND, PORTAGE ISLAND, AND NEAR POINT ROBERTS AND SANDY POINT. IN ALL NUGLUMMI, WERE COMMERCIAL TO THEIR TRADE. THEY GREATER HARVEST IS TODAY. THE PADDLE TO LUMMI IS 68 CANOEING FAMILIES PADDLING HAND-MADE CANOES TO THE LUMMI RESERVATION FROM PARTS OF WASHINGTON STATE AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. ** [TODAY] THESE ISLANDS OF THE PUGET SOUNDS IS TOO FAR AWAY TO HEAR. WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, THE SEA SWEEPS THE BEACH. REMEMBRANCE IS IN WALKING SILENTLY AND HEARING THE TRIBAL SINGING IN SALISH. THESE ISLANDS ARE A CASTAWAYS HAVEN – A HARBOR OF CONTENTMENT, WHICH LAY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. ROMANTIC ENDEAVORS ARE BASED ON YOUR IMAGINATION. THESE ARE THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS OF WASHINGTON STATE. MAY YOUR VISIT BE SAFE! ***

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Date: 2/27/2014 2:54:00 PM
interesting write
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Verlena S. Walker
Date: 2/27/2014 3:35:00 PM
Thanks Jack... Verlena
Date: 2/27/2014 9:50:00 AM
I find it educational but it lacks your usual warmth. Perhaps the excessive capitalization distracts the reader. Capitalization is associated with yelling which I don't feel was your intention. I feel overall the poem posseses potential, what does freedom mean to them, perhaps talk more about their relationship with the land and sea. What causes them to sing? I want more emotional investment.
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Verlena S. Walker
Date: 2/28/2014 9:05:00 AM
Sorry for calling you Lawrence Rick... I believe it was you last name I was referring to and not your first...:) Verlena
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/28/2014 8:07:00 AM
Who is Lawrence? Soup mail.
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Verlena S. Walker
Date: 2/28/2014 1:04:00 AM
Lawrence, I have re-post. You may read at your earliest convenience. :) Verlena
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Verlena S. Walker
Date: 2/27/2014 1:31:00 PM
Okay Richard you want more storytelling. I see what I can do... :) Verlena
Date: 2/27/2014 8:29:00 AM
I live in British Columbia not far from the coast. This is a truly beautiful part of the country not dissimilar to what you have described.
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Verlena S. Walker
Date: 2/27/2014 9:35:00 AM
Thanks for this clarification. Otherwise, how would you rate this poem Richard? Verlena

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