Title:
Taproot IV:
Poetry, Prose, and Images
from the Eastern Townships
This fourth edition of Townshippers’ Association’s celebration of the region’s artistic talent features poetry by Frank Harding, Janice LaDuke, Carole Martignacco, Ann Scowcroft, and other poets; prose by Maurice Crossfield, Ellen Goldfinch, Ross Murray, and more; and images by Dade Dudgeon, Matthew Farfan, Gilles Péloquin, Barbara Verity, and others.
Price:
$17.00
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Taproot
Excerpt From Meditation – with insect guide
Sketching
the weed, climbing
the vertical stem with my eyes
I follow the beetle’s
slip-dash path dizzily close
to the sawtooth edge of brightness
in a brief breeze
we shiver together, cling
tightly as we swing on the surface
surprised all at once to arrive
here, now, at the busy intersection
of green and more green – such iridescent
choices
a whole continent
spread out before us, veined
rivers meander – still green – a ridged
central mountain chain
slopes down into shadows, widens
to fan outward toward the coastal regions
beyond whose jagged shores
gilt by the sun, are
oceans of air
the drop back down
to ground again, is to a plane
where everything in sight has grown
immense.
Carole Martignacco |
