A wild lonesomeness
echoes off Reflection Lake
red-necked grebes calling.
In the heart of June
I could marry Alaska,
divorce in winter.
Three ravens on snow
a study in black and white
by unknown artist.
A tiny cloud floats
in the late October air,
the breath of a moose.
Aileen Holthaus
Anchorage
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