Eh Poem, by CRM, at My poetic side

Hello friend and welcome to Canukistan

home of the poutine, hockey sticks and caesars

you’ll find a lumberjack shirt clad bearded man

and a polite bunch of nice people pleasers

From Vancouver Island on to Newfoundland

the North Pole to an undefended border

endless kilometres of untamed hinterland

patrolled by red serge Mounty law and order

Tim Horton, Gordie Howe, mister Stompin’ Tom

here’s the Tragically Hip and Wayne Gretzky

terry cloth house coats, toques and the hockey mom

igloos, komatiks, kayaks and the teepee

The great Mackenzie River and frozen pucks

chuck wagons, oil sands, husky dogs and the likes

canoe trips, crokinole, cruising in mukluks

forty below, downhill skiing, mountain hikes

Where the Northern Lights versus the midnight sun

and you can snowshoe out to your log cabin

shoveling snow can be hours of endless fun

or own a nice wood toboggan to crash in

Polar bears don’t drink coke or play with the seals

but the mosquitos are the size of sparrows

the hockey fights can get you right in the feels

before you shoot the rapids and the narrows

Boreal forests, Rocky Mountains, prairies

puck bunnies, Captain Kirk and Alex Trebek

rowdy moose, mountain goats, out picking berries

and you can comb your hair just like Rene Levesque

With Pierre Elliot, Brian and Joe Who

down the line to Jean, Paul, Justin and Stephen

hunting geese, ducks and the mighty caribou

sweet maple syrup and saying, “not even”

Danny Gallivan, Bob Cole and Ken Dryden

team Canada, the Blue Jays and Joe Carter

and how differs the buffalo and bison?

furs, voyagers and the Hudson Bay barter

We do stand on guard, the true north strong and free

get smarty and bannock slapped hard without fail

have a double double ‘neath a maple tree

and drive your skidoo or dog team down the trail

Eh