COBEQUID BAY, NOVA SCOTIA - poem

By Richard L. Provencher

Fri, 08 Feb 2008
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Cobequid Bay, Nova Scotia

Like an eagle atop Economy
Mountain, I see winter's
departing stare

harbour’s Spring break-up
as a parade of
miniature icebergs

fields of hay huddled in
bewildered disarray
beneath melting snow

where shoreline is a
sprinkle of houses,
with seagulls on patrol

and blueberry shrubs are
pastures of purple tinge
awaiting season’s growth.

© Richard L. Provencher

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POETRY - A Passage of Motion 1
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Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Along the shores of Cobequid Bay, are sandy areas where clams are dug up during the right season. Once there were many large Sea Captain homes, most now demolished or tumbled down. They represented a prosperity for the sea farers, who travelled as far as Cape Horn. One very wealthy family was the Lawrences, and their gorgeous, fully furnished home is now a popular museum in Maitland, on the south shore of Cobequid Bay, not far from Truro, Nova Scotia. RLP
Richard L. Provencher

Submitted by Sooz006 on
It sounds like a lovely place to be, but the snow wouldn't do for me and my reptiles. Nice poem but I thought the verse with the chopped up mushrooms spoiled it slightly.

 

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on
Hello Soozoo6, and thank you for your suggestion. I am glad you pointed out something that just did not fit. Any such advice is always welcome. Do you think this change works better? Are you writing anymore? All the best, from Richard LP ps. I finally discovered how to get feedback on my work.
Richard L. Provencher