The men must be doing something
always something hand over hand
coiling the rope preparing the skiff
going out ahead of the crowd
to find their best spot along the yellow coast
to collect rockweed in a pile so deep
the boat sinks to its rim at waterline
with biomass the cutting rake pulls in …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
George Moore’s recent collections are Children’s Drawings of the Universe (Salmon Poetry, 2015) and Saint Agnes Outside the Walls (FutureCycle, 2016). His poetry has been published in the Atlantic, Poetry, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Stand, Orbis, and Colorado Review. After a career at the University of Colorado, he now lives on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.