COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN: AN EXCERPT She’s there at the dock holding his child  an infant. He squats on the deck in a clammy fog touching his beard with wet fingers. She’s pale. They’re Bible people.       grace and peace be multiplied       cast your care  the sea seeketh whom       it may devour Coming in over the shoals and […]

CANADA GOOSE  All alone on the black ice pond, long arched neck, banded cheek, the Canada Goose turns his back as I pull my way from the woods, then swings half circle to face me.  I feel noisy in my best silence, a clumsy oaf in red down coat, boots, silly snowflake hat, and, though […]

PUMPKINS ON PORCH STEPS A striking contrast! Surrounded by tones of white, gray and brown, these seven orbs, in shades of orange, pumpkins simply displayed, with bright autumn sun casting shadows, they sit, amid defined lines of island cottage porch and steps.  They prompt a recollection  of autumn days going back to childhood, landscapes of […]