“Rainsong” by Jasz Garrett

The rain is playing a song, that maybe I am tired of hearing, yes but I think if I lived in a desert, I would miss the rain so much more than I miss the sun right now It has been 5 weeks with darkness and rain I think of Utqiaġvik, Alaska where they live in 24 hours...

“The Niblack Mine” by Guy Archibald

(Sung to the theme for “The Beverly Hillbillies”) [Opening theme] Come and listen to my story about a mine that wouldn’t die Dug a weeping hole while the state stood idle by Prince of Wales Island now leaks from its southeast side And will do so forever, never to...

“Southeast Alaska Rain” by Richard Stokes

I don’t crave to be the thundering drops of a west Texas cloudburst that tattoos violence on tin roofs and bounces boulders and stones down once dry gullies. Nor do I aspire to be the Georgia storm that reddens rivers with the farmer’s clay. I wish to be the rain of...

“Source” by Katrina Peavey

Soar upon thunderous wings Homeward bound across Clarence Strait Truths revealed where roots greet sea Cedar ceding eyes to me Climb amber memories once ignored Bring salted reminders swiftly aboard Greet tidal waves that now deliver Comfort of our Mother’s whispers...