Contents
Here is the incomplete contents page of book two, “On Tropical Islands and Sparkling Seas“. This will be updated as the remaining stories and poems pass through final editing.
2/. Over the Ocean (About the love of being at sea)
3/. Dark Caribbean Rum (About a highly esteemed libation)
You can talk of the finest clarets, or the best of the Cotes du Rhone,
4/. A Christmas Present (Sandy Cay, BVI)
5/. A Sailor’s Farewell (About looking back near the end)
So, now your tide is come on which to leave and set your sail.
6/. Adventure on the High Seas (North Sound Virgin Gorda, BVI)
7/. His Secret Mistress (About loving two women)
This is a tale of an immoral male
8 /. Tact and Diplomacy (Road Town, Tortola, BVI)
9/. Hurricane Tree (About recovery from disaster)
Can’t forget that night I watched you falling.
10/. The Deflatable Dinghy (English Harbour, Antigua)
11/. I am the Skipper (About leaving the beer behind)
She and me upon the sea
12/. Unexpected Caller (St Lucia and in the Gulf Stream)
13/. Wrecked (About regrets)
He’s dreaming of the shore that he knows he’ll see no more
14/. Change of Luck (English Harbour, Antigua)
15/. Tavern Not Far From the Shore (About sea folk ashore)
Between the sea and coming ashore
16/. Delivery Delayed (Exumas and Nassau, Bahamas)
17/. A Sailor’s Rivals (About the sea versus family life)
Me dad was workin’ with the sea from nineteen thirty four.
18/. Voice in the Storm (Virgin Islands & Culebra)
19/. The Shipwreck (About loss and loneliness)
Wrecked upon the rock of memory now my heart must face the storm.
20/. Parrots, Elves and Wonder (Tortola, BVI)
21/. The Call (About a fictitious rescue)
It always seemed I’d never any time to be their Dad,
22/. Switch to Channel 12, Over (Nanny Cay, B.V.I.)
23/. A Man ‘Mongst Other Men (About maturing at sea)
I signed on that old sailing ship to find meself a life.
24/. A Docking Good Time (Nanny Cay & Jost Van Dyke, BVI)
25/. The White Dove (About sailing beyond the last horizon)
Beyond the last haven a white dove is flying
26/. Doctor’s Orders (Antigua Sailing Week)
27/. The Aftermath (About the morning after a hurricane)
Children, quietly pray, who then had cried.
28/. Justice Vs. Legality (Nanny Cay, BVI)
29/. The Volunteer (About Virgin Islands Search And Rescue)
When you’ve scrutinized the concept, and examined those who try
30/. The Old Pirate’s Treasure (Anegada Reef, B.V.I.)
31/. The Selkie Son (About returning to where you belong)
The full moon danced on the westering breeze and the tide was close to spring,
32/. A Duffer’s Tale (Montserrat)
33/. Shattered Dreams (About when life doesn’t work out)
You’ll see them abound where marine folk are found
34/. Chaka Zulu (Tortola and Jost Van Dyke, BVI)
35/. The First Tripper (About pride from teaching the next generation)
When he joined us that day seems it wasn’t the pay
36/. A Whale of a Time (Flamands Bay, St Barths)
37/. The Lake (About yearning for the ocean)
Of all the times I’ve walked beside you never once I understood,
38/. Snowboarding Island Style (Marina Cay, BVI)
39/. The Dream Spinner (About fantasy vs. reality)
‘E’s a brave and fearsome sailorman as ‘e tells o’ the rolling sea
40/. You Don’t Need to Get Involved (Sir Francis Drake’s Channel, BVI)
41/. Dusky Lady (About heredity )
I’d say by the way she’d Flamenco ‘er ancestry wasn’t so pure