Contents
Here’s the list of poems in Book Three.
1/. Never Try to Cage the Wandering Breeze
Never try to cage the wandering breeze
2/. Dark Caribbean Rum
You can talk of the finest clarets, or the best of the Cotes du Rhone
3/. Unforgiven
There’s no way I’ll forgive you all the suffering I’ve felt
4/. Sailors Farewell
So, now your tide is come on which to leave and set your sail
5/. Tomorrow’s Past Life
There was once a time when my life was filled with living
6/. Waking, and then Finding You Were There
Waking, and then finding you were there
7/. His Secret Mistress
This is a tale of an immoral male
8/. The Choice that was Yesterday’s
On to the dawn of tomorrow, and on
9/. Life Well Lived
He’s traveled every ocean where he charted every isle
10/. Thaw
The snow has almost melted with the coming of the spring
11/. Hurricane Tree
Can’t forget that night I watched you falling
12/. Travelers Upon the Road
We’ve traveled far from distant lands and met here on these shores
13/. I am the Skipper
She and me upon the sea
14/. Spirit Guide
Watching from the edge of vision
15/. Somewhere In Your Hidden Past
Somewhere in your hidden past there lies
16/. Wrecked
He’s dreaming of the shore that he knows he’ll see no more
17/. Standard Issue Rifle
Night had settled quiet round the yawning ridge backed dogs
18/. The Garage Sale
To dream the impossible dream
19/. Judgment of Life
Times there are for each to try to manifest our reason
20/. Tavern Not Far From the Shore
Between the sea and coming ashore
21/. More Noble Than The dawn
Leave now each day more noble than its start
22/. The Mate
I’ve rarely seen a man who could have stood his ground so long
23/. A Sailor’s Rivals
Me Dad was workin’ with the sea from nineteen thirty four
24/. Maturing
When in your eye the glowing fire of freedom has been lit
25/. Old Dickie Dog
Now, while I raise his stiffened leg and place him on the sheet
26/. It’s Best I Leave You While I Can
A poem for you? How hard I tried
27/. Chapters of Life
So onward once again I tread
28/. Shipwreck
Wrecked upon the rock of memory now my heart must face the storm
29/. In The Face of Temptation
Put away that longing smile you wear
30/. The Call
It always seemed I’d never any time to be their Dad
31/. Choices
Those quiet inner voices were starting to demand
32/. Requiem
Another day departed, and with it she is gone
33/. A Man ‘Mongst Other Men
I signed on that old sailing ship to find meself a life
34/. Preparation
Me it was I thought that formed this past
35/. An End to Freedom
There upon the snow I see it spattered
36/. The Last Tripper
He’s drinking himself to death, poor sod
37/. Back From The Light
Come near, my children, bring your light
38/. The White Dove
Beyond the last haven a white dove is flying
39/. Learn Well from the Lessons I can Give
Please, sit beside me traveler of the road
40/. Rights of Passage
Only when you’ve journeyed to your spirit’s farthest reaches
41/. The Aftermath
Children quietly pray who then had cried
42/. Souls in Love Apart
Physical laws cannot contain emotion
43/. For the Seasons Come and Go
Now the trees upon the ridge shed their autumn shrouds
44/. The Last Portage
We came down that winding path together
45/. The Ending
In passions of beginning, accelerating thought
46/. The Volunteers
When you’ve scrutinized the concept, and examined those who try
47/. Friendly Fire
Quietly I’ve watched your injured heart
48/. To Claim the Highest Peak
While traveling alone, I saw a distant golden cloud
49/. The Memory of Before
Soft and silently she blows …… the warm breeze in the night
50/. Shattered Dreams
You’ll see them abound where marine folk are found
51/. To Make Love Work
There are many ways to be together
52/. Getting There
If you don’t know where you’re going, you can’t know when you’re there
53/. The Selkie Son
When the young moon danced on the westering breeze
54/. I Lost You as a Lover, and a Friend
We really had some good times, you and I
55/. Greeting the New Day in Algonquin
A new day grows each morning, evolving from the past
56/. Walk to the Future
Time is too precious to keep looking back
57/. Angels Are Keeping
Little one’s eyes are frightened and crying
58/. The First Tripper
When he joined us that day seems it wasn’t the pay
59/. Letting the Universe Guide my Way
I traveled all my life to places most will never know
60/. Winter of a Broken Heart
Frost on his mouth stretched gaunt by the storm
61/. River of my Sussex Childhood
River of my Sussex childhood, ebb and flow inside of me
62/. Love’s Paradox
Me strong suit ain’t philosophy, but thinkin’s been me way
63/. The City
I’ve lived among fighters and sensed what they fear
64/. The Lake
Of all the times I’ve walked beside you never once I understood
65/. Quest for the reason
For nigh on eighty years we’ll live upon this blessed earth
66/. A Daughter At Rest
Asleep, she lies at peace
67/. To Reach the Distant Summit
Straining weary, watery eyes
68/. Separation
Never a day I didn’t pause
69/. Behind the Smile
Still memories of sorrows hid within your smile
70/. Of Thylkes and Frumps
A drumpling frump one summer’s day came grimbling through the wood
71/. Choose Well
Choose well, my lover, he who will replace me in your heart.
72/. Over the Ocean
Of the places I’ve been and the countries I’ve seen
73/. ‘Twas Good While It Lasted
Good bye my old girl, ‘twas good while it lasted
74/. Okavango
I search for her in magazines and T.V. shows
75/. Thoughts at Four in the Morning
I hope she doesn’t wake at night to quietly speak my name
76/. In Search of Home
Where is my home? I have no true notion
77/. The Walters and I
Would that I’d write what my heart wants to say
78/. Epitaph
No stone has he on which to carve these lines
79/. Wake Well This Day
Wake to this dawn like no day before you
80/. An Ordinary Man
There’ll be no portrait hanging on the walls