Enter the Rauha Skog: And Other Poems

By Debora Jarvela

Born in 1955 in Duluth, Minnesota
Raised on the Iron Range
Lived in Pennsylvania, Florida, Oregon, Finland
And California.
Travels have been to:
Canada, Mexico, Finland, Sweden, England, and thirty-three
States in the United States.
Outdoor activities such as hiking have been spent in the
Northwoods of Minnesota, southern Finland, the San Jacinto,
San Gorgonio and Sierra mountains in California along with
Joshua Tree Nat'l Monument.
Raised two sons and a daughter
Resides in Minnesota with her husband, Steve
and two cats.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 31, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477105993

Debora Jarvela

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born in 1955 in Duluth, Minnesota Raised on the Iron Range Lived in Pennsylvania, Florida, Oregon, Finland And California. Travels have been to: Canada, Mexico, Finland, Sweden, England, and thirty-three States in the United States. Outdoor activities such as hiking have been spent in the Northwoods of Minnesota, southern Finland, the San Jacinto, San Gorgonio and Sierra mountains in California along with Joshua Tree Nat'l Monument. Raised two sons and a daughter Resides in Minnesota with her husband, Steve and two cats.

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CONTENTS

Enter the Rauha Skog

Finn Shui

I will die with my Mukluks on

In the Valley of Sparta

To be alone

Swedish Pancakes

Toboggan hill

Jumping in the field

Regret

Sera Luna

Tristans travels

Iron ore territory

Please be mine

The Greatest Designer

Your eyes are smiling

Ely lake

One nation under God? (Matthew 25:32)

Time flow

B.O.B. (Bravo,oscar,bravo) The baby snapping turtle (a true story)

I don’t want to go to Heaven

Matthew, the gray Wolf

Figaro

Dillan Joshua

The Snow trail of Heaven

We got the Tisdales (in Sparta, MN)

Family Tree Branches

Nakkileipa

M X A and Baker street

Picnic

Trollslando

Living in Enemy Territory

Deep into the Earth

You ain’t broke till you’re broken

As the birds got fat

Tout de suite

So, who’s the fool?

A little bit of History (Part 1)

Here I am, all alone

Welcome Back

The House Next Door

I Count

I saw you talkin

Venture North

The Poor Book Writer

Motorcycle Granny

Zucchini

She Wore Peridot

England Bound

There’s an idiot behind me

Pepper, the hit Dog

Secret Recipe

Healed with a Kiss

The Constipated Turtle

Dream On

Oh, The Drama

The Sacred Scroll of Answers

I Can’t Leave You Now

Disconnected

Frankenfoods

The Happy Pimple Popper

Mrs. Chandler

Singing the Reds, not the Blues

Valkommen till Vart Hem

Anisette

I just don’t get it

Nakemiin

Samantha, the Seahorse

Papa! Follow the Lights!

Walking Time Bomb

Reach for Beauty within

Universal Elimination

Slaves

Please, no more Pizza

Brooklyn Roxanne

Hemipterous

Don’t let it Harden

A little bit of History (2)

Leader

Personal

Pain

He walks me to my door

You took my blood

Purity Destroyed

Stigma Enigma

Confusion

I gotta go

A Canadian