LITTLE DYKE LAKE, NOVA SCOTIA poem

By Richard L. Provencher

Sat, 04 Jul 2009
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Little Dyke Lake, Nova Scotia

Lily pads are scattered
as green flakes
in reckless abandon

from my Fiberglass bow
their green diameters
hide under the push
of visiting waves,
pancake edges curled in
annoyance—

my canoe is an intruder.

© 1994 Richard L. Provencher
All Rights Reserved

first published Summer 1994
Vol. 2 No. 2
The Amethyst Review
Truro, Nova Scotia
ISSN 1192-2478

Certificate U
Poem
POETRY - A Passage of Motion 1
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Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Hello Nathan, I call my poems "Picture Poems" where I try to enter the passion of the moment. In this poem, I was on Lake Mattatall, north of Truro, in beautiful Nova Scotia (80% is woods, size is 600km by 350km, pop. under one million)The day was fine, clouds drifting, water shushing against my canoe (did this for many years until my stroke in '99) and my mind was bathed in the moment. I am from northern Quebec, very woodsy like Nova Scotia, and my wife and I moved here 22 years ago. Thank you for your kind words. Richard LP
Richard L. Provencher