L'aura del Campo

Old Mother told us [55]

Old Mother told us

You bullied your way south,
tearing through the pines and plains of Saskatchewan,
a hungry polar bear on the hunt.

Then you found a gap in the earth's stony teeth
and took a turn west to terrorize us.

Old Mother warned long ago:
take cover when the east wind blows down the canyon;
it brings the death-breath of the north.

© Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.55] (23.april.2021)

8 irregular lines, free verse, 75 syllables.

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