Table of Contents
Spring Migration: April 1 - May 31
Introduction 11
'Kar-a-boo, n. 13
Ruminant Digestion 14
The Love Poem as Caribou 16
Crossings (Thetis Lake) 17
The Mad Trapper of Rat River, 1932 18
Ghazal of the Caribou Fence 20
The Twelve Aspects of Tragedy in Wolves Hunting 21
Migration is Disciplined Wanderlust 24
Hooves 25
The Confession of the Hunter 26
Genesis 1:24 27
Irish Elk 29
A Thunderstorm Seven Kilometres West of Old Crow, Yukon 30
Calving: June 1 - June 10
The Calving Grounds 35
Skull Formation 36
Postpartum from the Perspective of Grade Ten Biology 37
To What Is Left Behind 41
Aggregation: June 11 - July 15
Tankas from the Tundra 45
Ms. Arimo Remembers John Hornby, Caribou Bay, 1928 46
Thumbing a ride on the 93 48
Wolves 50
British Mountains, Yukon River Watershed, 1851 52
The Confession of the Hunter's Son 54
Amidst the Fog of Blackflies, a Bull Charges 55
A month and a half of sun 56
Summer Scatter: July 16 - August 7
Calgary Zoo, August 15th, 2010 59
Antlers 60
Crossings (Highways) 61
The Process of Extinction 62
Caribou Moss, Cladonia rangiferna 63
A Note Left on the Dresser 64
An Interview with a Caribou 65
Fall Migration: August 8 - September 22
Bones 69
After we had each grabbed a leg and tugged 71
The Raven and the Caribou 72
Genesis 7:11 73
Pyrrhic 75
Overhead 76
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial 77
Merchiston Ranch, Manitoba, 1894 78
Crossings (Porcupine River) 80
Prelude 83
Upon the Autumn Equinox, the Tundra Takes Inventory 84
Caribou's Shadow 85
Notes 89
Acknowledgements 91