Here's my Alaska poem.
State of Mind
Now I’ve been to Alaska
State of gold prospectors
(call them miners
but most mined only
stones and starvation)
State of claim jumpers who
Killed Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian
Carvers of the great totems—
Raven, Bear, Eagle, Frog, Beaver—
Signifying clan history
State of animal trappers
Hunting fur species to near extinction
To supply adornments
State of fishers
Taking from the mouths of natives
To feed their conquerors
State of mastodons and mammoths
Lying around making petroleum
Sucked out of the ground
Converted to disease, death and damnation
State of indescribable beauty
Humongous plots
Where no man
Will ever go
(thank God)
Where I feel like
A flea on the ear of a
Southbound hound
Hitching a ride
On a friendly whale
Don’t think
Just ride
July 17
Aboard the Norwegian Star
The chosen photos are in a slide show in the sidebar, including captions. They speak for themselves, and are best viewed at full size so, as a reminder, single click on the slide show to enlarge the photos. When the window opens click on the "full screen" button near the upper left corner, then move your cursor near the bottom of the screen to open the play menu and click on the "play" button (shaped like a sideways triangle). You can also choose the number of seconds for each shot to play, which you will want to do in order to read some of the longer captions. Or press the "pause" icon as needed. Press the X to stop, then the back button a couple times to return to this post. Good luck.
I'm still recuperating from my vacation (today I have a raging headache) so perhaps tomorrow I'll be able to give you the highlights of my trip. The short version: it was awesome!
Oh yeah, be sure the read the Peace Quote, also in the sidebar. It's better than my poem, and written by a 4th grader. Brilliant.
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