Representative Poetry Online
On this day: June 12th
Random Poem of the Day
2we think of the bleak fundamentalism
3of a ragged scarf of light
4twined and twisted and torn
5in a briar patch of pines.
6and then, of steel-wool water,
7scouring the dull rocks of bonny
8bonny nova scotia -–
9the chaste, hard granite
10coastline inviolate; the dark,
12over waters void...
13we are the world-poor.
14we are the fatherless.
15we are the coloured Christians
16of the african united baptist association.
Notes
1] black loyalists: now the Guysborough United Baptist Church, Guysborough, Nova Scotia. Back to Line
11] Glooscap: Mi'kmaq mythic spirit and creator, now associated with the Glooscap Trail along the shore of the Minas Basin, from Amherst, Springhill, Parrsboro, Economy, and Truro to Shubenacadie. Back to Line