Poem: “Man Made Lake” Poet: Gaylon “Jeep” Wilcox ID: NA 1582 Donated by Jeep Wilcox on September 29, 2011 “Man Made lake” is a commentary on the flooding of a twenty-five mile stretch of the Dead River in Western Maine, which submerged Flagstaff Plantation, Dead River Plantation, and Bigelow Township. Jeep Wilcox wrote the poem in