The Ferry to South Baymouth
The Ferry to South Baymouth
Original Text
Bruce Meyer, Anywhere (Toronto: Exile Editions, 2000): 38.
2and sparkle with the glint of tiny stars
3that define each wave on a summer's day;
4for among the vacationers who have run away
5with all their necessities packed in cars,
6my daughter's eyes are blue as Georgian Bay.
7This is her first summer. She has a way
8of measuring things as her eye explores
9and defines each wave on a summer's day
10with the luxury of unencumbered sight. I say
11boat but all she sees are endless waters --
12my daughter's eyes are blue as Georgian Bay.
13Her little hand points to a gull, the sway
14and lilt of its wings on wind. All that matters
15as she defines each wave on a summer's day
16and sparkles with the glint of tiny stars
17is that she is fed and dry and happily ours --
18my daughter's eyes are blue as Georgian Bay.
19and define each wave on a summer's day.
Notes
1] South Baymouth: Ontario port on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron from which ferries cross Georgian Bay to and from Tobermory on the Bruce peninsula.
my daughter: Kathleen. Back to Line
my daughter: Kathleen. Back to Line
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2012
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