A CONCERT, IN MEMORY They have gathered here, To listen and recall, A quartet of remaining friends, In her cove-side cottage, Once a summer home, Then her last, The sea, through its windows, A triptych. “A life,” the pianist, a great niece, says. She begins with Brahams’ Lullabye. Follows with Schman’s “Scenes from Childhood, An […]

With boat bags and sunscreen the day-trippers ride. They’ve binoculars, cameras and charts for the tide. They point and exclaim…are excited and merry As they board the Mail-Boat…that small island ferry! It brings hikers and bikers and workers with tools… Boxes of books and equipment for schools… Tourists and artists and family and friends… Supplies […]

THE SELCHIE An islander like themselves, they had seen her before, basking on the harbor rocks, swimming in this cove, home waters to them all. Now they see a stranger, a half-grown, slender girl, naked like themselves. She sits looking down at them as they play, cousins. friends since earliest times. Beside her lies the […]