As part of his studies for his college degree, Larsa had to learn about various writing forms. I like to imagine him playing around with Japanese poetry. Of course, he keeps thinking about reindeer and the snowy woods.

Haiku:

My reindeer’s antlers

Soft, velvety, strong and wide

Bells jingle from them

Tanka:

Winter brings long nights

Stoke the fire, make my stew

Snow frosts all the trees,

Keep your boots and mittens dry,

Stay warm in Sápmi tonight.

Larsa’s parody of “Roses are Red”:

Reindeer are fast

The snow here is deep.

Come with me to Sápmi,

won’t you take the leap?

Sápmi, of course, is the region in northern Scandinavia where the Sámi people live, and Larsa is a member of that culture. He has no shame in writing poems about the things he loves: his family, his land, his culture (including their reliance on reindeer), and Killian.