Contents
Forest Fire
Goldfinches Near Cooper Marsh
Beer and Rock Bass
Bullfrogs
The Creek Behind My House
The Game
Whitetail
En Route à Montréal/The Flowering Crab
Siamese Fighting Fish/Distant Carp
In Open Air
First Unmelting Flake
Snared
Remembered Moose
About the Poet
Acknowledgements
Chapbook Home
Friday Circle Home
Near Cooper Marsh
by Jesse P. Ferguson
But just as the sun dropped in the river
the bull moose gathered his strength
like a scaffolded king, straightened and lifted his horns …
—Alden Nowlan
Copyright © 2006 by Jesse P. Ferguson
Electronic edition, 2006. ISBN 1-896362-40-0
Print edition forthcoming. ISBN 1-896362-41-9