Bare bodies at the top of Mount Kinabalu
on the island of Borneo, the highest peak,
where it’s considered sacred –
like a voice coming
from the great wilderness.
Here four young people –
including a brother and sister
from Canada wanted to see
how long and how bare
they could be, nothing less.
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
CYRIL DABYDEEN is a Canadian poet, short story writer, novelist, and anthologist. His recent books are My Undiscovered Country (Mosaic Press), God’s Spider (Peepal Tree Press), and My Multi-Ethnic Friends & Other Stories (Guernica Editions). Twice a nominee for the Pushcart Prize, he has had work published in the Oxford, Penguin, and Heinemann collections of Caribbean verse, and in over 60 literary magazines. He is Ottawa Poet Laureate Emeritus.