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The Darkness Settles Like Snow

An Arctic Winter Haiku

By Oneg In The ArcticPublished about a year ago 1 min read
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Image by author, Ulukhaktok NWT.

Tundra peaks sunset

Three months, darkness is silence

Ice winds wrap wild rock

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We’re about almost halfway through November and there’s only about 3 hours of daylight left. The sun is calling it quits earlier and earlier, and the snow is filling in it’s absence. There’s a peace to it.

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Oneg In The Arctic

A storyteller and poet of arctic adventures, good food, identity, mental health, and more.

Co-founder of Queer Vocal Voices

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  • Kelli Sheckler-Amsdenabout a year ago

    Beautiful work. Easily visualized

  • Cathy holmesabout a year ago

    Beautiful piece. Well done

  • Loved the sense of bliss I felt while reading your poem! Beautifully written!

  • Babs Iversonabout a year ago

    Lovely & peaceful!!!

  • KJ Aartilaabout a year ago

    This is so gorgeous - it seems to offer a sense of peacefulness within itself. :)

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