Table of Contents
Distance Closing In 5
More 6
Becoming Lake 7
Alnöitic Rock 9
Under Influence 10
Summer House Revisited 11
Figments 13
How Fast a Life 14
Summer 15
Map of the Lake 17
Monastic Life 1 21
Monastic Life 2 22
Monastic Life 3 23
Call and Response 24
How Own a Lake 27
Kanesatake 29
Impermanence 31
Whether Wind 32
Monastic Life 4 34
Monastic Life 5 35
Whose Lake? 36
Lake 1 38
Religious Life 39
Monastic Life 6 40
Dad before Lake 41
Swimming under the Overhead Fixture 42
Dad in the Lake 44
Older Aunt 45
Treading Water 46
Uncle Bobby 47
To Oka 48
How Belong 50
How Mend the Years 51
Angelwings 52
Frère Gabriel Crosses the Lake 53
Frère Gabriel's Life 1 54
Frère Gabriel's Life 2 55
Frère Gabriel's Life 3 56
Armies of Frogs 57
Oka Crisis 59
Northern Gate 62
L'Ile-Cadieux 63
Walking the Island Road after Dinner 64
Frère Gabriel's Life 4 65
Frère Gabriel's Life 5 66
When Heat Falls 67
Cardinals, Crows 68
Lake 2 69
Ghosts Moving in Forested Shade 70
Summer Ends 71
Things Change 72
Last Day 73
Monastic Life 7 75
Monastic Lake 76
What's Under 77
Eight Miles to the Centre 78
Sun Going Down 79
Acknowledgements 81
Biographical Note 83
