Category Archives: Essays and Poetry

It is not down in any map; true places never are. ~ Herman Melville

Saint Iago, send the fair Wind of the Southern Sea; Come to us gently, Air, Soft to the lee. Not the harsh hurricane Hurled at the mast Driving to the Bay Biscayne Before the blast. These are the summer seas, … Continue reading →

The world below the brine, Forests at the bottom of the sea, the branches and leaves, Sea-lettuce, vast lichens, strange flowers and seeds, the thick tangle, openings, and pink turf, Different colors, pale gray and green, purple, white, and gold, … Continue reading →

  I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and … Continue reading →

I find in me a secret sea. I sail its depths profound and plain With fisherman’s simplicity, Too grateful to complain. My bark is battered by the winds, And beaten by the waves. But storms give way to sun-drenched days … Continue reading →