Oneg In The Arctic
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A queer storyteller and poet of arctic adventures, good food, identity, mental health, and more.
Co-founder of Queer Vocal Voices
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(don’t) come closer child
Kids skip cross clear ice Crackling below, listen Qalupalik comes ~ In Inuit folklore, the Qalupaliit are strange creatures that live below the ice and in bodies of water in the Arctic. They are a cautionary tale told to children who misbehave and don’t listen. The tale is told to also scare children from going too far out on the ice alone, for they can be snatched and never returned.
By Oneg In The Arctic3 years ago in Poets
Take Notes
how nature raised you lifted from nothing to tall stand proud like mountain ~ I always like to reflect on how the land, the earth, the sky, and the wildlife around us teach us. There are so many lessons out there. Lessons I wish I paid more attention to at times. I am grateful to our Earth and all it provides us. Sometimes I forget to say it or show it as much, but writing these poems for this challenge reconnects me.
By Oneg In The Arctic3 years ago in Poets
The Darkness Settles Like Snow
Tundra peaks sunset Three months, darkness is silence Ice winds wrap wild rock ~ 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.
By Oneg In The Arctic3 years ago in Poets
The Art of War and Letting Go
The clashing had finally ended, arms fells, now what remained was the re-collection of weathered-down men. Blanketed in scabs and erratic graybacks, they crossed the Big Black River, finally reaching stabilized Union territory. It had been a slow-going and harrowing journey. Their travelling party was a sorry sight of scraps and badly bandaged leftovers who had finally been released from the Confederate camps.
By Oneg In The Arctic3 years ago in Fiction
