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totem

by Ian Whiteley

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totem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

maple wood smoke

drifts across the pine

and firs curling

into Inuit ghosts

that pace stealthily

from tree to tree

towering totems carved with bird

wolf bear and snakehead

calling to the old gods

that we were here

we lived and died in these

ancient forests

silver river slit...

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Monday 12th August 2013 8:12 pm

canada   vancouver   native american gods   inuit   native american   totem pole   stanley park   first nations

The Hoodoos

by Ian Whiteley

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The Hoodoos

 

Under Sulphur Mountain’s

sedimentary gaze,

the great Bow River

slithers like a serpent,

its milky green waters

spitting and striking

at the soft banks -

a venomous erosion

amid the cascades

foaming tumult.

The mighty Cree

etched totem poles

the size of these great

spruce and fir,

back-lit by the waning

Wolf Moon.

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Sunday 17th March 2013 8:01 pm

bow river   sulphur mountain   native american   bannf   hoodoos   canada   mysticism

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