Category Archives: New England

NAKED TO THE COLD SEA by Peter Nolan Smith

September 20, 2024 – 8:17 am

In the early 70s Che and me stand on Nauset’s nude beach The two of us Hippies not yet punks___ A thick ledge of wet seaweed Covered the high tide mark. Off with our clothes We lay on the cool green algae Our bare bodies sinking beneath the sludge Comforted by the endless ocean The […]

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End Of Summer – Truro – 2024

September 6, 2024 – 11:52 am

Sunrise over the Coast Guard Beach East on Truro The dawn bouncing off the Atlantic To fill the morning sky O’er Cape Cod Bay___ A couple stand on the porch. The last hours of vacation For AP and his loving wife and daughter___ The Audi packed With what is theirs Leaving behind nothing And leaving […]

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The SS Showboat Mayflower Nantasket

August 30, 2024 – 3:11 am

From 2012 A fleet of side wheel steamers plied the waters of Boston harbor in the early part of the 20th Century. The flotilla was reduced to one by a fire in 1919. The Mayflower remained in service until 1948. After its decommission its new owner had the white-hulled ship hauled close to shore several […]

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Provincetown Lore – niizh manitoag

August 18, 2024 – 7:50 am

In the autumn of 1620 my antecedent, John Howland, crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower. Mid-voyage a storm washed passenger the indentured servant was overboard. He sank about 12 feet (4 m), but a crew member threw a rope, which Howland managed to grab, and he was safely hauled back onboard. The pilgrims landed after […]

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NORTH OF HERE BY
PETER NOLAN SMITH

August 13, 2024 – 8:10 am

NORTH OF HERE BY PETER NOLAN SMITH The only problem with Maine is that you can’t eat the scenery – James Steele 1978 MANGOZEEN BOOKS 2024 VERMONT WINTAH 1973 A blizzard buried Montreal The temp arctic. Minus zero. Crashing with two New Zealanders Across the street From the Winston Churchill Pub Only forty feet through […]

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