I’ve known rivers swift currents set free escaping to the brine of the ocean and on to exotic places I’ll never be

Tide tickling sun’s wake Under a thin skin of ice Beach disappearing

There is an even-handed justice in… No senility forgiven, but caught a… Blood and flesh, bone and marrow To feed the life of another, And back to the earth that gave it…

All I wanted to do was ride my mo… And make out at Spooner’s Point. But when Mary Daley got pregnant Her father threatened me with the… So I married her and went to work

white-rimmed waves crawl reluctantly shore ward moody city skyline rebuffs shafts of sunshine cloud confusion

a great blue heron watches from a mogul of grass as I scavenge a poem from the marsh Tom Peepety calls

Beneath that secretive smile A strong hot thrust From a sidewalk grate….

Many times, my father, drunk upon… “Spare the rod and spoil the child… Swung his belt and lay the stripes… To cleanse my soul. And I, drunk upon memory and whis…

Pappa always told me that you should never tell all you… and I found it to be good advice I recall the time I got back from… with my winter stores back in ‘39

Nature’s snowy gown Melts into a silky pool Spring’s passion awakes

Clouds on horizon Now and then a shorebird’s cry On buffeting wind

SHIPBOARD last night from starless skies a t… stunned and shaken, seeking shelte… from unfamiliar shipboard lights I watched it falter with wings out…

Empty moorings and Quiet lighthouse watch the bay Crawl back to the sea

my real name was Clarence but they always called me Dummy because they thought I was stupid I lived with my Mom and swept up… for a dollar a day ‘cause