#poetry
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by Michael Plante PrologueIn 1953 the Canadian Government sent the R.C.M.P. to Inukjuak P.Q. and Pond Inlet, Nunavut to ask residents to be relocated to the Arctic. This was to have Canadian representation in the Arctic during the U.S.A./Soviet Cold War era. They were told that if they didn’t like it after 2 years they…
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by Michael Plante Your disorderly conduct will not be condonedYea must pay a penance for such behavior.Atone, atone they scream.Or ridicule and ostracization shall be your punishment! I must disrupt the status quo,for without no reasoning exists. Tie him to the whipping post,let the world see the results of bad behavior!The people shall fall into…
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by Michael Plante To those who decide to take the long road homemay they be celebrated as those before us;for the journey they’ve chosenis laborious and daunting.The road is unforgiving and the challenges many. For those that take the long road home;may they be blessed in the God’s light;forever knowing that their spirit was made…
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by Michael Plante I am a conductorso are you.We travel along a laid-out track.What fuels our momentum is what drives our fears;the past. Charging towards the unknownbelieving fate has our backsthe rails we call faithare the only thing we can feel.We hear the song of the railssinging out in the darknessthe old tune we’ve come…
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by Michael Plante I saw a woman who believed she was rejected by society.In her attempts to fit in she discarded her principles;cast them aside to engage in an illusionand spent the summer chasing something that didn’t exist. The butterfly floated down from the heavens ever so gently.Seeking nourishment for its body and soul.Landing upon…
