Roughly For the North by Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen

Author:Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen [Ojanen, Carrie Ayaġaduk]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781602233638
Publisher: University of Alaska Press

FIRST SAINT (WITHOUT SOUND)

dark winter swept Julie’s hair

blue—winter lights shaken

frost pollen green-gold

she—always walking

towards—forever reaching

down, her face of joy

a moon on her forehead, a star on her

chin

she—the saint of longing

to be near,

beckons (and stars. the winter-browned flowers

rise from the snow stiffly)

a pink bear

in hand. our voices rise Julie, Julie

and her image

waves, our breath catches

sail. watch the careful preparations

our hands make—the smooth

corner of the box, the earth clumped

and crumbled, falling broken

from our hands.

she walks down the stairs (every motion, motions)

reaching—she walks through mud

and sweeps me up, my nose

in that sweep of winter

that sweep of night. but what quick exit.

return with stars, they will fall

from your mouth (without suffering)

we will gather every one, our palms

shining, we will trace your every

move forever in our minds.

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