As I mentioned in part 1, Dawson Trail, in Dawson Creek, B.C. is lined with granite boulders that have tanka engraved on them. These poems celebrate the seasons, flowers, birds, and critters of the area. If you missed part 1, it’s HERE.
One of the Dawson Trail tanka in its natural setting
Here are four more poems you’ll find on the Dawson Trail. If they leave you shivering, just know that winter is long in these northern parts. It’s no wonder the cold gets an extra poem or two.
Fawn, seen on one of our drives in the Dawson Creek area. (Mother and Fawn #1 were too quick for my camera.)
Dawson Trail in winter
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As I mentioned in the last tanka post, I don’t know who wrote these poems. Will give credit if/when I discover their author.
Poetry authored by Donna Kane, Marilyn Belak, Megan Kane, and Rebekah Rempel. A big thanks to reader Donna Smith who unearthed this document with the information about the poetry stones and their authors (p. 17).
This post is linked to Poetry Friday, hosted this week by MsMac at Check It Out.
Violet Nesdoly / poems 
Donna Smith
August 29, 2014 at 12:31 pm
Wow, what a wonderful idea to have these poems posted along the trail -and in stone”. Must have been a grant or gift of some sort. Very, very special! Thanks for sharing this special find!
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jama
August 29, 2014 at 12:37 pm
Lovely poems and words. The trail looks so peaceful.
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Donna Smith
August 29, 2014 at 1:12 pm
Violet!!! I found it!
Click to access inTheNews200810.pdf
On the last page of the Dawson Creek City document it tells the authors’ names: The revealing of the stones was done on Oct. 17, and places the poetry of Donna Kane, Marilyn Belak, Megan Kane, and Rebekah Rempel onto eight large stones.”
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Violet Nesdoly
August 29, 2014 at 3:58 pm
Oh Donna you’re brilliant! A big thanks to you. I’ll be giving them credit now. Kudos to your sleuthing 🙂
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margaretsmn
August 29, 2014 at 2:34 pm
Beautiful discovery. The images inspire.
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Myra GB
August 30, 2014 at 12:10 am
“mirrors for sunlight” – how awesome. I could just imagine you walking around and finding these treasures. Thank you for sharing your finds with us. 🙂
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cvarsalona
August 30, 2014 at 4:22 am
These are amazing unusual finds in such a cold place. These stones prove that poetry is a window into life.
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maryleehahn
August 30, 2014 at 6:15 am
Thanks for the cool break from our end-of-summer heat wave. I agree that bees are “small deities!”
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Michelle Heidenrich Barnes
August 31, 2014 at 7:42 pm
What a generous gift to nature and nature-lovers. The “frenzied bare branches” was my favorite of these tanka, though I also love “pouting buds” and bees as “small deities.”
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Bridget Magee
September 2, 2014 at 11:19 am
Oh the cooling effect of this poems. Thank you for sharing, Violet!
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Becky Shillington
September 5, 2014 at 5:44 am
Thanks for sharing these beautiful poems and pictures, Violet. I would love to visit B.C. and Alaska again and walk the Dawson Trail!
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