ISLAND POND HAS FROZEN Island pond has frozen But not enough for skaters. Weather says: Three to five inches Of white stuff, Rain and sleet. Hunker down, Hearth Huggers, Bolster forth, Brave Hearts. Yes, we are dreamers of winter full, Still shy the solstice When time hangs still Twixt shorter nights And longer days to […]

SUNDAY SERVICE The road shaped to a slope divides. Monhegan House, Trailing Yew, Mrs. Cundy’s Cottage- windows over walls of darkened roses. We step from church into our galaxy, which here includes the scattered lamps of town. Our unspoiled night can still declare God’s glory: distant waves sounding for all the world like wind in […]