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[dukealien]

a lone Inukshuk
painted under northern lights--
directing wise men

Had to look it up.  An arresting image, particularly when comparing/contrasting the Aurora Borealis with that stellar conjunction (or whatever it was) over 2000 years ago - spread out all over the sky and spectacular, but... local color.  And not yielding a clear direction...

Thanks for that Duke. In fact, it's the Inukshuk giving direction. It was/is their purpose. The AB merely illuminates the director. I know you're a grammar guru so it worries me a little that you read the lights as directing. I might have been guilty of mixing genres here; the line last opens up too many questions for a haiku to answer.

Paul

With the additional information that the inukshuk (does written Inuit capitalize nouns?) is directional, the em dash (represented here by double-dash) is sufficient.  I didn't read enough of the Wiki to find that out