Summer Heat
how fresh Nan’s cucumber sandwiches
down on the
rocks of French Lakehow clean the sea water at Shediac
the sting of
crabgrass on salt covered legs
and the slippery rocks into
the deep
icy cold
June water of Grand
Lake
where there
were no monsters
water
snakes, sharks or Portuguese-Man-of-War
how clear
the pond at Danor
Falls
the shining
salmon parr up the Dunbar
and the
springs and streams flowing
endlessly toward the sea
Fishing on the Wharf Shediac New Brunswick -- Lois Dierlam
Vernon reminisces about his boyhood in New Brunswick, Canada, with his "nan" (grandmother). Shediac, the "Lobster Capital of the World," was formerly known as "Es-ed-ei-ik," the Mi'kmaq word for "running far in" (in reference to the tide, which has a long range over the shallow, sandy beaches). Grand Lake was "Kchee'quis" (meaning Big Lake).
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