Short Alaskan Poems

WESTERN WINDS

Alaskan huskies
sense the breeze combing the park ~
tumbleweed hairballs

9/26/2017...

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ten trumpeter swans
making a French horn-like call
white noise of snowfall

French horn rehearsal
swimming among river reeds
Alaskan concert

     (Double Haiku)...

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I wonder what it feels like
To live another life
One without the sickness
One without the pain
Yet i'm still stuck here
In the cold Alaskan wind
Where Florida awaits me
And maybe the pain will fade...

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Sexy Sardine:
Dishy
Fishy

Charming Swordfish
Darlin'
Marlin

Alaskan poacher gets mauled by a:
Polar's
Molars

After sex, bears often share a:
Yogi
Stogie

Snake Charmer:
Viper
Piper

Sheep Predator:
Mutton
Glutton...

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Thanksgiving Seafood Feast

Crab cakes baked to a crisp brown
Sizzling lobster tail
Roasted Alaskan salmon 
Asparagus?  Yes!
Covered in butter 
Crazy pie 
Wow!

Created on 10/26/14 for - MAKE ME DROOL with EPULAERYU – Poetry Contest...

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Janae arrived in the summer in the back of a conch shell boat.
After the frost had thawed on every single Alaskan float.
Demons and wailing frogfish popped their heads out of the waves.
Wondering whether to greet her or run back to their underground caves....

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Queen Janae arrived in the summer in the back of a conch shell boat.
After the winter frost had thawed on every single Alaskan float.
Demon devilfish and wailing frogfish popped their heads out of the waves.
Wondering whether to greet her or run back to their underground caves....

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I have never been on a safari.
never been on an Alaskan cruise.
never been bungee jumping
never got shot in a poker game
never been on a lion hunt
never driven a car in the Indy500
never piloted a 747
but I can still die happy
because I never wanted to do any of these things...

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THE NIGHT HAS FALLEN
UPON ME
DREARY AND SULLEN
DARK AS ALASKAN WINTER
I AM LEFT
DUMBSTRUCK
EMPTY AS THE MIDNIGHT AIR
THE WORLD
HAS LOST ALL MEANING
THERE IS A SUDDEN MADNESS
DEVOURING ME
I CANNOT GATHER THE WORDS
I AM CEASING TO BE
AFTER LOSING YOU
WHAT'S LEFT?

AUGUST 2000...

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Big Blue, my Alaskan Malamute greeted my friend with a wide tail wag.
He ran back to the car, rolled down the window and yelled “Is this a gag?”
Are you afraid of dogs? I asked. I did not know that about you.
No, but I am afraid of whatever that thing is, he said, indicating Big Blue....

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Dedicated to Eve Roper



Eve Roper wrote
The Alaskan Tree Frog freezes solid in winter. including the stopping of his heart...and when he thaws out in the spring...he wakes up and hops away!


           frogs freeze in winter
thaws back to life in hot spring......
tadpoles in deep pools
...

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One is a skater
One has an ego so high
One loves going to work
Another sleeps under the Alaskan sky

One is a mechanic
One smokes pot
Four live at home
That's not all I've got

One is a photographer
One has a dental degree
One lives back east
Another in Missouri

One is married
One just likes to drink
One wants to be a model
One loves to read and think...

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...Quietly commands the waters,
swiftly like a dead sailor;
Why does the tuna smell?
Small, stormy ships calmly command a warm, 
Dolphins laugh and chatter;
What happens and where is Charlie Tuna;
guess he's dead drudging;
As he's eaten by an Alaskan bear;
If guilty, swim away from there...

8/4/19
written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©...

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nurture me 
a wish circular neon bright to hold

mould me
tears - as painted leaves from trees fall 

sleep me
a dream in the dreary radiance of this eve

fight me
a union fiercely and by any means

speak me
the language of the ancients

pray me
a someone as dear as thee 

18~12~2014
Maurice Yvonne
Sponsor: Tony Pinelli
Contest: Satisfaction...

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Crackles of snow in midlit-air.
This Wrangell fare!
Aflame, the Alaskan forest
of calm and rest.
Salmonberry sparks, deep yellow —
knobbly, mellow.
Raspberry red and mute orange —
berry-torrent.
Tasting its sweet, perfume of life.
Backwoods — no strife.

Cool crunch of footprints at midnight.
Late Spring so bright.

5/28/2019...

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Turquoise voices
 enchanted choices
Environment
 debonair gentlemen 
opening the doors for women
Environment
 antique vices
 Alaskan glaciers made of ice 
Hearten heart
Brazilian jungles boiling hot environments
Breach control a part of the environment 
Our life we hold within our hands in spite 
Running high we can't deny 
We flourish because the Breath of God

12/28/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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Chased by a two hundred pound kangaroo
I hid inside an Alaskan igloo
I concocted a wild witch’s brew
And put together a tasty stew

Someone yelled, “Here is a blue kangaroo!”
I knew this was not an ample clue.
Had someone fashion me a new hairdo.
Styled by a beauty school shrew.

Someone stuck their head in and yelled “Boo!”
An odd orange creature from the nearest zoo.
He was not painted the right hue.
Not like the scary red kangaroo....

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From darkness lights rise
as bright hues paint night spectrums,
dancing eerily.
Alaskan visitors gasp;
sights they long to see appear.

Unaware they are
of impending disaster.
Earth’s slightest tremor
crushes through icy capsules,
casting glaciers on tourists.

Aurora remains,
though none are left to view it.
Victims’ curiosity
leads to death by avalanche
as nature overpowers.


 
*Written February 21, 2015...

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Penguin was embarrassed because he had fallen through the ice.
He had not done it only one time, he had done it thrice.
Anchorage Alaskan penguins cheered and yelled “one more time!”
He became a hero of sorts, so he felt a bit more sublime.

Now on a roll, he decided to try to break the ice.
He jumped on it hard, but it was as solid as blackjack dice.
He tried again, and the other penguins cheered him on.
Not embarrassed now, he began skating on the pond....

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Harp

garbage to annalists
birds of a feather
doves to all endeavors
minute cosmos
playing dice
with all of us
rearrange the planets
and abnormal anomalies(holes)
of space and degrees
of concentration and frustration
Alaskan refugees
playing godless entities
ions of years of spears in hexagonal reform
but be careful what we produce
may be used to diffuse the wrong
and come down to earth
the strike being the one that hurts
				     Written tonuhalan10/4/06 mon...

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A woman in Alaska,
With her brother on a hike,
Never dreamed that on a bathroom break
Unpleasantness would strike.

She sat down on the toilet
In an outhouse near a yurt
When she felt like something bit her
And she screamed because it hurt.

Her brother raced inside to see
Perhaps a squirrel there
But a glance into the bowl revealed
None other than a bear!

The wounds were superficial
But be warned before you strut
Into an Alaskan outhouse
Or a bear could bite your butt!...

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SALMON OVERDOSE by an Alaskan

Salmon, salmon every day
Every time and every way

Alaska breakfast
Salmon lunch
Add some nuts
To make a crunch

Thank you fisher man
My friend
For sharing
Salmon without end

What is prized in cities far
Fills my pantry
Jar by jar

White wine adds a little bite
When I whine I feel contrite
But the fragrance of this fish
Makes me want
Another dish
When I yearn
For beans or rice
Please be patient and be nice.

Oh, New Yorkers
Call on me
Trade me fora ton of Brie....

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