Journey North Poems

Feigning reentry
from places I’ve wandered
Destiny challenged
the status-quo damns 

Feigning reentry
from freedom unhindered 
Life but a journey
its trappings to ban

Feigning reentry
its price was my freedom
The given...

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The Mexican Monarch
You may see them passing by 
On their spiral flight, through the sky
You might see the North American Mariposa
While on your patio enjoying...

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We are like birds
and fly and are strong

When you are not
We follow you along

if you're injured
And are bleeding out

We the north strong
Are coming for you...

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“So, you do not wish to present your daughter to me in joining,” Joulupukki looked directly at Raðulfr and spoke in a serious tone. ...

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“Lumi, what food do we have left in the sleigh,” Joulupukki asked the elf.
     “A good deal of it, dried meat,...

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The experience of leaving the ground was a sensation that she could never have imagined.  Her stomach felt strange and at first she felt...

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Lumi smiled and reached out to grab his shoulder.  They passed over the ridge where, as Joulupukki had said, a small hamlet clung to...

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“One completed, two to go,” Lumi said to Joulupukki as he lifted the mud guard in front of them. He wanted to give Joulupukki the...

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Joulupukki knocked on the door before entering the room.  In the center of one wall was a bed that was large enough for two...

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The elves left separately and reconvened in the safe room.  If  Rian was aware of Joulupukki's presence in the Village, they did not...

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“From that point forward Reginn, of the Ibero Clan, along with the Erin Clan
and the Second Ibero Clan slowly stripped more and more control away
from...

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Northward! He frowned into the storm
The wind ever stirring, the snow swirling 'round
Ahead lay destiny, a lone dying form
He felt a stirring, as if homeward...

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His reverie ended as he was brought back to reality when he stepped into a patch of deep fresh snow and promptly fell face down...

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Typically

When you first detach your legs from your waist
And plant them feet first
From the dock ladder into Torch Lake
There is a baptism scream back to...

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My wife and I traveled here
To walk on water
With ice pics and an old shiver

The Mackinaw Straits
Where Huron and Michigan open their mouths
Kiss and hiss
Under...

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