Best Alaskan Poems

She, Of The Cosmic Essence
Aware Of A Power
Aware Of A Presence
And Aware Of The Need For Our
Desire To Rise Higher
… and Higher
To Our Optimum Height
Patricia … You Are Like The Alaskan Lights
Those Northern Flares and Colors In Cold Night 
Floating Dreams, So Mesmerizing
Patricia, Brings It...

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The full moon and milky snow illuminate the nighttime landscape I found myself lost on the mountain. 

   I have to make a choice. Looking for the North Star I placed a stick pointing north to direct me to the closest destination when...

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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...

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The Alaskan Oil Pipeline

Nineteen sixty-eight confirmed the year
Of discovery by ‘Humble Oil’
To North America’s largest oil field,
On the North Slope of the Brooks Range;
A west to east Northern Alaskan mountain chain.
An area forty miles wide by fifteen miles deep
(Although flat as a skating rink)
Following the...

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LOVESONG TO AN ALASKAN FISHERMAN

If tame you want 
Tis fool you’ll get
In fishing North high seas
But if you go a trolling
And you catch a fish like me
Prepare for love ---prepare for war
There’s not a moment’s peace
And you’ll forget flushed one nightstands
And follow schooling breeze

Oh-- I...

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      I am a photographer of wildlife and I was on an expedition,
to capture the wilderness of North Alaska and the life of Inupiact Eskimo's;
            Alaska is full...

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Alaskan Friendship of Winter         
                                ...

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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...

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Nine months of darkness,

Snow on the ground,

No leaves on the trees,

No warmth around.

As the winter comes to a close,

Lakes and rivers still seem froze, 

Soon the waters will break free,

Moving life  far as eyes can see,

And now its time to have some fun,

Playing under...

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The dense smell in air is sobering 
But pleasant 
You can feel it in your nose
Your mind and soul

You know it is a smell of wonder
It’s coming from nearby meadow vast as sea
The smell of fresh air coming from horizon’s infinity
The smell awakens your essence...

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THE MUSHERS RIDE OUT  (part 2)  Arctic Dogsledding 
(continuation)

             But in the race-- the last sleds skid
             Fleet dashers...

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I have seen the mountains in so many ways,
And have traveled to lands looking majestic.
I’ve been searching for places to pass the days
To live wild and free is the ultimate aim.

My spirit calls for the wilderness to challenge me
In a way no one else can...

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I want to take a walk along the pier
I'll then drain out my eyes upon the shore
I wonder why he ever put me here

The sea - it seems to feel more than we dare
To manifest the lust it has for gore
I want to take a...

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The full moon and milky snow illuminate the nighttime landscape I found myself lost on the mountain. 

   I have to make a choice. Looking for the North Star I placed a stick pointing north to direct me to the closest destination when...

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Among the vast terrain 
of willow and spruce 
with background of 
snow-capped mountains, 
eagles soar majestically,
joining clouds in unison, 
while sunshine and blue sky 
welcome all to nature's 
living portrait of beauty. 

Scattered throughout the tundra,
and along the ribbon of roadways, 
the prickly wild rose...

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