by Craig Brandis
The Haida people live where the land
wants to end but can't quite.
Overturned by muscle,
I went there seeking new ways to see.
I found some of their daily wealth—
endless butter clams in the tide's outstretched arms.
On a linen nightstand for hungry daydreams,
I saw a longhouse fire in old Haida eyes peering back at me
with a stare that saw beyond the horizon
as an eagle dancer from a high-prowed war canoe.
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I love how this poem begins.
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