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Threading Our WayCeó Ruaírc

Ceó Ruaírc
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Threading Our Way

   Peace River territory

 

The Peace purls a ripple stitch across the Rockies

   down through fertile valleys

 

air shimmers in waves

   over the hot road to Hudson’s Hope

 

glistening fish hide in hollows

   fishers patient hopeful

 

on the farm Grandma weaves

   a sheaf of wheat into wreathes

 

Grandpa spins a yarn of bright words

   around the fire

 

we gather, sing old songs, dance

   give thanks as frost approaches

 

horses bow to drink where split-rail fences

   cross-stitch fields together

 

hot clouds of breath rise like prayer

   below powdered hills

 

paper birch reach bare boned

   toward a radiant  sky

 

red fox hops and hunts small critters

   scurry under a deep crisp blanket of white

 

 

the river, a band of dark silk

   slows across frozen land, grows pale  

 

bears sleep dreaming the zig-zag dance

   of elk and wolf

 

lynx and hare, dreaming return

   of bright buds bursting

 

the Mighty Peace

   sheds her frozen skin

 

in the distance, Pink Mountain’s

   surreal blush blooms

 

stone sheep bleat, moose bellow

   we hunger for this

 

like a bear’s drowned hope

   of bright buds bursting

 

we rise like a prayer, patient hopeful

   dance give thanks

 

as the wolverine hunts, bare boned

   we fight for this land

 

   threading our way up over mountain

   down through fertile valley

 

we gather

 

 

Naturalist/poet, Ceó Ruaírc writes from wild places, inspired by wolf song, coastal storms, and the tenacity of trees. Ceó lives along the shores of Discovery Passage, British Columbia, where unnamed creeks meander through rainforest down to the Pacific Ocean. Bald Eagles nest nearby, as do Belted Kingfishers, Pileated Woodpeckers, and Northern Pygmy Owls. A great diversity of wild neighbours includes Cougar and Black Bear, Roosevelt Elk, Humpback Whales, Pacific Tree Frogs and Rough-skinned Newts.