South of the Manitou’s sacred lake,
the great rivers are a confluence
where people set up their camps
refreshed by the boundless waters
of the Creator. The years bring
outlandish traders; bogus deals
for land are done; some of the people
wearing buckskins become scouts
for The Company …

*Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.

 


Bio:

Steve Noyes’ long poem The Conveyor will appear in 2023 as a chapbook from the Alfred Gustav Press. His writing has appeared in many periodicals, including the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and Mail, the Malahat Review, the Literary Review of Canada, and previously in Queen’s Quarterly.

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