Nome poems

Letter sent to Mark Rozema.

I. Welcome to Nome -- Shorty's fiddle -- Anecdotes -- Nome post office -- Small planes near Nome -- Smart girl -- Winter's five miles away -- Nome trooper -- Nome Bypass Road -- The Board of Trade Saloon.

II. An evening of local poetry sponsored by the Nome Arts Council -- The eye of the cold -- Nome magistrate -- The Sunday New York Times -- The big village -- Wesley -- Sid's journal check -- Inupiat blood -- Runaway -- Nome industry -- Into the white -- December 26, Wales.

III. Nome newspaperman -- Third Street, Nome -- The littlest house in all of Teller -- Midnight -- Nine pieces of paper -- Polar Bar, Nome -- Village fiddle -- The victim.

IV. Resolution -- January flight: Nome to Kotzebue -- Irma -- Dreaming of crab -- Babysitting, St. Lawrence Island -- The visitation -- Nome calendar -- Nome hoofer -- Class party, Nome -- Exit papers, Nome -- Inner Nome.

V. Poetry reading, Brevig Mission -- Plane wreck -- Emergency room -- Concussed -- Brain bruised -- In the Anchor Tavern -- Nome celebrity -- Post-crash paperwork -- After the plane crash.

VI. Betty's igloo, a bed & breakfast -- The Arctic thumb -- Big-little town -- Moving sale -- Twin dragon lunch -- Flight out -- Missionary -- Gnome -- I jokes -- Name?

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