Smelling of Camels

POEMS: Camels with their wave-like gait nearly sail from the southern shore of the Mediterranean and on deep into the Continue reading →

Pharaoh’s Descent

POEMS: The culture of ancient Egypt anchors one corner of the Mediterranean. Was there another anything like it, in its Continue reading →

Lighthouse cores

PHOTOS: Lighthouses are quite different from the inside than viewed from a romantic distance. I can’t imagine having to hike Continue reading →

Golden Vanity

POEMS: Bits of sea shanties – the chanted or sung work ditties of sailors over the years – muffled and Continue reading →

Land Overlaps Sea

POEMS: These poems reflect places close to where I live now and ways they interact with the Atlantic. It’s been Continue reading →

Tide Chart, in the Heart

POEMS: Tides rise and fall dramatically in New England, about two feet an hour where I live in New Hampshire Continue reading →

Cord & Rigging

POEMS: New England thrived on seafaring, designing and building distinguished vessels along its forested shores and sailing them around the Continue reading →

Isles of Shoals

PHOTOS: Just off the coast along the New Hampshire-Maine state line, this cluster of small islands has long been an Continue reading →