Oh, Oh Canada

By Richard L. Provencher

Fri, 08 Jul 2011

3 comments

I love it
steady and sure, this Canada
its early wind towers
spirals in daily spinning
from PEI and NB to scowling mosquitoes

Nova Scotia sends us clapping and
sword dancing to tunes
from days ago, of Hector, a ship of dreams

arriving in Pictou back when this
country called for settlers---
and they came.

Permalink Submitted by fatboy74 on Fri, 2011-07-08 11:06

Lovely poem - I could here Joni Mitchell playing in the background. :-)

Permalink Submitted by Highhat on Fri, 2011-07-08 16:00

Maybe KD Laing?

Permalink Submitted by ScoZen on Fri, 2011-07-08 20:42

Delightful. "...Nova Scotia sends us clapping and sword dancing to tunes..." Reminds me of the Highland games, tartan and bagpipes.

ScoZen