crisp air from Greenland
pushes back Canada’s smoke:
jet stream hiccups
©2014 JS Graustein
Meredith, New Hampshire USA
after repeatedly listening to Njörður P. Njarðvík’s baksneidd-braghendas in Icelandic for 90 minutes
Canada’s smoke
has curled around
the Cape and shifted
out to sea—
my spirit lifted
with each breath
the sky has gifted.
©2014 JS Graustein
Meredith, New Hampshire USA