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Echoes of the Silent Shore

...Along the shore 
Wind
adores the sand, the stone
The Salish Sea
calls to me
I am an island upon an island
Restlessly 
wishing
A gull in communion 
with mountains, trees
Water my source of b...

Categories: salish, age, animal, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

GNRT DAY 15 OH CANADA

...Today we bid goodbye to beautiful Glacier
We’re traveling to a tiny house in Monarch, Canada…on our way to Banff
Which is distressing for a person who love rhymes
not because it won’t be beautiful...

Categories: salish, peace, travel,
Form: Rhyme

Bewildering Nature

...Two profound faint clouds approach the skyline.
Not close as seethed by the others close by.
The two siblings quarrel and risk the whine.

Out of a meek pace to a haunting tone.
T...

Categories: salish, analogy, beauty, bird, earth,
Form: Villanelle

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Salmon Run

...Salmon Run

A flurry of reds emerges distorted from the river;
As the Sockeye Salmon return from the ocean,
Following the scent of their home stream water,
Swimming upstream to the place ...

Categories: salish, education, fish, nature,
Form: Prose Poetry

Floating Cruise Ship

...The cruise ship charged 
Whistleless at my sail boat
In a narrow channel
Between Islands 
Of The Salish Sea.

I was powerless with sails up
Tacking against a current 
Knotted against me.
The...

Categories: salish, adventure, allusion, animal, boat,
Form: Free verse

Spider's Rigging

...Spider’s Rigging
“I had resolved on a voyage around the world, and as the wind
on the morning of April 24, 1895 was fair, at noon I weighed
anchor, set sail, and filled away from Boston, where the...

Categories: salish, adventure, boat, environment, voyage,
Form: Blank verse

Land Is a Loom

...Land Is A Loom
I sailed the fiord like inlets between Powell River and Drury Inlet.
The land itself  spoke from mountains, torents, islet
From bird song and bear splashing fishers
From rutting mo...

Categories: salish, adventure, environment, nature,
Form: Blank verse

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.
INSIGHTFUL...

Categories: salish, business, change, character, city,
Form: Free verse

The Bitterroot

...About eleven years ago through a genealogical search I found out that my adopted 
father is Salish Indian, thereby making me at least half Salish.  I dedicate this poem 
to the Salish people:


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Categories: salish, faithold, people, spring, old,
Form: Narrative

Reclamation

...I was taken from this life 
in the black night, blindfolded 
to be clubbed to death

so that I 
might be born again 
in spirit song, dance and name 
given by my great ancestor

who, ten thou...

Categories: salish, history, native american, dance,
Form: Free verse