Denali above
running salmon below, guide
the Hurricane train
of no stations, just hands, hands
for Redfearn, who knows them all
Memories of a trip to Alaska, told in tanka. Tanka follow a syllable pattern of 5-7-5-7-7. The middle line serves as a turning point, so that if you read just the first three lines, there is a different tone than if you read just the last three lines.