Nocturne: Things of This World

Far below the nervous surface of the lake
where in time the old blind catfish go
there is a mud hut thatched with otter bones

where an old woman sits
staring into an empty fireplace.
....

The long-awaited new poetry collection from Daniel Lusk was published last month. Lake Studies explores a multitude of the facets to Lake Champlain - historical, cultural, ecological, fantastical - this poem echoing strange nightmares from the depths.