Through tracts of bush testy with insects
and goannas splayed on trees in the heat,
the undergrowth patched in sunlight
to the inlet, beach
a flat sheet
tapering to rocks
like hands at rest in the water …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Robert Steckling lives and writes in Toronto and studied at the Humber School for Writers. His work has appeared in Canadian Literature, the Antigonish Review, the Ex-Puritan, and the Gay & Lesbian Review.