Poetry
June

Wind in MY Face
Poem by Captain Ron Thweatt

May

Life's Privileged Throne
Here is a poem that Michael Birch was inspired to write as he and his daughter were surveying the Scottish coast looking for safe coves and beaches.

April

Mo the Dogadore
Dogs are often companions to men of a certain age. Mark Steele has done an amazing job of capturing this particular dog in 24 concise lines of verse.

February

The Peace That Then Comes
poem by Michael Birch

January

The Night Before Christmas
Stacy Smith told me he wrote this poem: "one night recently after about three dark roasts". It does not seem hurried though, in fact I quite enjoyed it.

The Dilemma
Sometimes one's mortality makes one think about sailing to Tahiti before its too late. In this poem Mark Steele points out the downside - and an alternative.

SAILS

EPOXY

GEAR