Beach North Poems

North Wales
Does it always rain in Wales, or is it about to rain
dark sky over hills and dales, a sprinkle of sheep
abandon farms and ancient...

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Before them lay the bridge.  It was a beautiful arch spanning a small estuary that was bordered on one side by the rock and...

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Santa won’t be back next Christmas Eve,
he decided to retire and take his leave.
With all the online shopping in the world today,
he set his reindeer...

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The cedar dock splinters out to the moon's shine
Like the second hand ticking along
A white-faced clock
Drawing in loose boats and green moths
To its sweep of...

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Typically

When you first detach your legs from your waist
And plant them feet first
From the dock ladder into Torch Lake
There is a baptism scream back to...

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You were a little house
A home away from home
A place I’d go to visit
To spend some time alone

I’d listen to the winds blow
The swaying of...

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The North Bay cottage, a place to remember,
 A beautiful cottage by the lake.

Traditionally built,
With an old fashioned stove.

Our mother would cook delicious food,
Father would...

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Wandered to the bottom,
And the top;
Wandered to the South,
And the North.
The Northern lights were comforting,
The Southern summer beautiful;
Been to the East,
And to the West.
The air,...

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ONCE I WAS STANDING 
ON THE NORTH SHORE  
WATCHING THIS INCOMING 
HIDEOUS WHORE 
NOW, LET ME MAKE CLEAR  
IT WAS A FORTY FOOT...

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As I walk out past the sands of Loyola beach,
out to the lighthouse on the point,
I thank god for this small retreat, this recouping,
and reforming...

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