PORTUGUESE COVE NOVA SCOTIA poem

Portuguese Cove Nova Scotia

At dockside herring-bait smells
escape lobster boats

wood-slat traps displaying
jam-packed claws
clambering for space

and harbour’s movements
a continuing bedlam of activity.

The panoramic bay flushes
whitecaps riding a windy tattoo
nearby cabin like a flimsy
moustache on hill’s rocky lip

where a fisherman
dreams of nets repaired
buoys newly tarred
all within a yard’s clutter of
lobster pots.

© Richard L. Provencher 2008

Published Volume 2 Spring 2009
Paragon 2 A Compendium of Writing
Memorial University - Newfoundland
ISBN 978-0-88901-397-1

Poem- runner up in Paragon’s ‘Home’ contest