Skeins from far away
Where tundra has turned to snow
Welcome visitors
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: ‘Arctic Visitors’
Tag: arctic
Poem: ‘Heed’
Florescent green banners snaking
in the blue;
Polaris over my head,
such beacons of the kingdom
drawing like a magnet,
beckoning closer to ice smothered peaks
of estranged lands;
the incessant drum of the shaman,
ancestors screaming from my heart,
imploring me: “Remember this.”
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Above the Arctic circle in Tromso, Norway — Passport Overused (Reblog)
So, I decided to push the envelope even more. Flew to Tromso from Oslo. It was about a two-hour flight. It costs about 90 dollars round trip at the time. Might be more expensive in the coming years. Luckily, there wasn’t any major snowstorm that day. Luck was on my side to visit this part…
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