Antarctica’s Inexpressible
Island illuminated by glimmer
The seaward slopes gleaming
white, cast long shadows inland
Terra Nova Bay appears in shadow.
persistent & fierce katabatic winds—
blow downslope from the interior
One is windswept
ground in the mountainous
bare rock pattern
snow drifts suggest
the winds have scoured
The second sign of the strong
appears in the open
Terra Nova Bay.
Parallel white streamers
newly formed,
continually pushed out to sea
leaving a pocket of open.
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