The Poetry Corner

Skootematta

By Paul Cameron Brown

Sheldrake, a magician - the mandrake a mythic plant whose shriek drove listeners wild.... this lake, Sheldrake and its windsong-heartswoon counterpart, Skootematta with Shabomeka & a whiff of Buckshot Lake to boot, waves lapping the prayerful stones - water's edge the earth's bones.... Lakes an art-form hardscrabble scribble shorthand on a blessed land. The mysticism of basic shadows, occult shapes of ourselves.