ISLE MADAME, CAPE BRETON ISLAND poem

Isle Madame, Cape Breton Island

Plunge to your proper depth
ancient anchor,
of wood and line and
stone

children watch with
eager stares,
hopeful eyes
want mama to stop
worrying

tomorrow,
the fish will overrun
the nets.

© 1986 Richard L. Provencher
All Rights Reserved

first published April/May 1988
by iREADWRITE
Canadian Poetry Publication
Halifax, Nova Scotia