DERK WYNAND teaches at the University of Victoria, and has published   or will be publishing work in The Dalhousie Review, The    Canadian Fiction Magazine, Littack (England), and The Far Point

Wynand, Derk

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Ontario ReviewVolume 1 Fall 1974 Article 11August 2014SnowscapesDerk WynandFollow this and additional works at: http://repository.usfca.edu/ontarioreviewPart of the Poetry CommonsFor more information, please contact southerr@usfca.edu.Recommended CitationWynand, Derk (2014) "Snowscapes," Ontario Review: Vol. 1, Article 11.Available at: http://repository.usfca.edu/ontarioreview/vol1/iss1/11Snowscapes DERK WYNAND H e r e Here wolves hunt in packs, men in pairs. Crippled deer scent the air, a bitter perfume. The deer strip bark from saplings, the wolves strip flesh from the deer, and the men . . . no, I will not draw your conclusions. Whatever happens here happens when it is snowing. Whatever happens now, you will find no trace by the time your arrive. 54 Published by USF Scholarship: a digital repository @ Gleeson Library | Geschke Center, 2014S k a t i n g d o w n a D u t c h C a n a l skating down a dutch canal what do you think of snow on ice over water or brimstone and fire do you hunger for edam cheese gouda and bittersweet chocolate or the red cheeks of that young woman behind you much sweeter can you hear a rhythmic breathing the hiss of her skate and does it remind you of calvin does that distrub you would it if you were not skating down a dutch canal can you concentrate on red lips and blondness or merely on snow-covered windmills on whitewashed houses now do you imagine her inside and you the would-be lover her pious father staying up late reading hebrew never a man to put up with bundling do you picture him at work cutting diamonds for african merchants does it trouble you to think about jewels cut for swiss watches would it be easier to recall his love for all germans his daughter skating behind you singing of claus and of marsman their worship of cheese as you skate in a straight line to rotterdam sister city of Zurich where you loved her 55 http://repository.usfca.edu/ontarioreview/vol1/iss1/11

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