JOHN CABOT TRAIL, CAPE BRETON poem

John Cabot Trail, Cape Breton

Surveying his land of kingdom
a moose trots into view

highway his path, scuffling
up the hillside
without a glance at
open tourist
mouths. Then we’re off to

Port Hood Village, shouts of joy
hauling in a 600 lb tuna
fishing habits alive in
a harbour of fisherman-woes.

When we spy the shore
at Meat Cove
Atlantic fins ripple, whales
frolicking as children in
playful moments, a
landscape
of joy. Later we

sail at Baddeck, visit
Margaree Valley, beachcombing
by Cheticamp, admire
clustered birch at Ingonish

postcard scenes provide
flashcards, the land, its people,
a sea of memory.

© Richard L. Provencher 2006

Richard & Esther Provencher invite you to read their first co-authored novel 'FOOTPRINTS” now available from www.synergebooks.com. “Someone’s Son” and “Into The Fire” will be coming out soon. These books were written during the first several years while Richard was recovering from his stroke, which felled him in 1999. He is still recovering.

The link to “FOOTPRINTS” is as follows: http://www.synergebooks.com/ebook_footprints.html