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Inukshuk
Inukshuk Poems - Poems about Inukshuk
Inuit Tradition
...In the Arctic, the skilled technique and art of building an inukshuk is passed down through generations of Inuit tradition. a proud lineage ......
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Line Gauthier
Categories:
inukshuk,
art, community, meaningful, social,
Form:
Haibun
Shrine
...Embodying the human spirit, the inukshuk can serve as a spiritual symbol, a ceremonial site, a place of worship, a place of judgment and decision making or a site to gather and celebrate. Regardless ......
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Line Gauthier
Categories:
inukshuk,
community, history, pride, spiritual,
Form:
Haibun
Ancestral Voices
...To the discerning eye of Inuit travelers, hunters and whalers, the inukshuk communicates pivotal counsel on safety and danger. guidi......
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Line Gauthier
Categories:
inukshuk,
confidence, encouraging, meaningful, nature,
Form:
Haibun
Path Home
...Inuit inuksuit (plural of inukshuk) are still often built as navigational aids pointing to mainland or significant transition points between water and land routes. ......
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Line Gauthier
Categories:
inukshuk,
encouraging, home, journey, moon,
Form:
Haibun
Guiding
...It’s hard to imagine a distant time when man was self-sufficient, needing to go hunt for his family’s food. Him against nature. Alone and on a mission. Up north, an inukshuk pointed the way to a good......
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Line Gauthier
Categories:
inukshuk,
courage, encouraging, food, journey,
Form:
Haibun
Primitive
...Deep rooted symbol in the Inuit culture, the inukshuk is rudimentary, primitive but effective communication. Through centuries, it is still a practical directional marker used as vital hunting and na......
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Line Gauthier
Categories:
inukshuk,
confidence, encouraging, silence, society,
Form:
Haibun
Not Alone
...For centuries in the desolate cold of the Canadian Arctic, the Inuit scatter messages across their landscape. The inukshuk. Across miles of austerity, stacked rocks symbolize human contact and hope. ......
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Line Gauthier
Categories:
inukshuk,
encouraging, loneliness, meaningful, solitude,
Form:
Haibun
Highway 69
...highway 69 rock out crops rounded smooth coloured striations undulate through stone like stretch marks on the ancient mothers belly where she grew fecund giving birth to the world. rock......
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Patricia Cresswell
Categories:
inukshuk,
betrayal, mother,
Form:
Free verse
Inukshuk- Symbol of the Canadian North
...They stand tall like a monument, the wayfarer’s journey guide Rough stones shaped into human form, the meaning to unhide, Inuits first carefully piled these stones, the meaning becomes clear,......
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Lee Ramage
Categories:
inukshuk,
history, inspirational, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme