Arctic-Nunavut – Oceanic-Visions

1190. Spun-Yarn Mysteries

Frances HennesseyJanuary 17, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_18823" align="alignright" width="150"] "Pile of stones lacked shape or form..."[/caption] Undiscerning eyes, pile of stones Lacked shape or form until time- Turning wind-whispers shared Secrets, first faint visions of...

Arctic-Nunavut Historical Poetry Poetry Collections

1099. Ancient Caribou Hunt

Frances HennesseyJune 9, 2018March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_7002" align="alignright" width="150"] "Caribou passing single file..."[/caption] Narrow, rocky passages we hid, Caribou passing single file, snorting Breath steaming, dark eyes fearful, Bows stretched, copper broadheads Loosed, bleating tumbling...

Arctic-Nunavut Historical Poetry Poetry Collections

845. Symerya, Desert Temple, Part 3

Frances HennesseyFebruary 25, 2017March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_14343" align="alignright" width="150"] "Carpet Merchant of Cairo," Jean-Leon Gerome, c. 1869, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 3: Symerya meets Dolius “How did you come by this parchment?” shop Merchant asked Symerya, his...

Arctic-Nunavut Historical Poetry Poetry Collections Viking-Norse

811. Tulimaq, Maker of Time, Part 3

Frances HennesseyJanuary 7, 2017March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_2316" align="alignright" width="150"] "Guests from Overseas," painting by Nicholas Roerich, 1901, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.[/caption] Part 3: Brithe Abandoned with Tulimaq One amongst Norse explorers, Harvaldr, bold Wayfarer, sword-warrior, rejected...

Arctic-Nunavut Historical Poetry Poetry Collections Viking-Norse

810. Tulimaq, Maker of Time, Part 2

Frances HennesseyJanuary 5, 2017March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_9477" align="alignright" width="150"] "Stars and planets, curtained aurora withinarm’s reach..."[/caption] Part 2: Past and Future Revealed Within underground crypt of Tulimaq, Arctic Night sky appeared on bright summer day,...

Arctic-Nunavut Historical Poetry Poetry Collections Viking-Norse

809. Tulimaq, Maker of Time, Part 1

Frances HennesseyJanuary 4, 2017March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_13832" align="alignright" width="150"] "Cambridge Bay Thule Site," Ansgar Walk, 1998, Wikipedia.[/caption] Part 1: Viking Discovery Circular stone-ring, shadow-revealed by Afternoon sun, tomb collection of tumbled Stones, lichen covered, undisturbed...

Arctic-Nunavut Greek-Ægean Poetry Collections

782. Kabyrah and Tal’May, Part 4

Frances HennesseyNovember 20, 2016March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_10275" align="alignright" width="150"] "Mother of Sisera..." Albert J. Moore, 1861, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 4: Ancestral Verse-Prayers Sun eclipsed by sucdding cloud, wet snow Fell upon summer mountain peaks, covering Stone...

Arctic-Nunavut Historical Poetry Poetry Collections Thera Poetry

557. Thera, Greek Memories

Frances HennesseyJanuary 4, 2016March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_9409" align="alignright" width="150"] "On the Pasture," Charles Jacque, 1860, WikiArt photo.[/caption] Memories of early Greeks, would they be Recognized today? Farms, pasturelands, And seashores time-changed, few wooded Glens or...

Arctic-Nunavut Historical Poetry Poetry Collections Viking-Norse

531. Arctic Willows

Frances HennesseyNovember 30, 2015March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_9496" align="alignright" width="150"] "Arctic Willow," GRID-Arendal image, Peter Prokosch, 2012.[/caption] Pink blooms of Greenland Arctic willows, Wind-shivering in rocky clumps, cloud- Streaked September sun, first skiff of Blowing snow,...

Arctic-Nunavut Historical Poetry Poetry Collections Viking-Norse

529. Brithe and Torngarsuk

Frances HennesseyNovember 27, 2015March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_7822" align="alignright" width="150"] Brithe's Greenland.[/caption] Western coast of Greenland, to northern Viking Settlements we sailed, rowing in narrow leads, Amongst current-pushed ice-islands, water Flowing from their flanks, wave-washed at...