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Jamie McKenzie grew up sailing Long Island Sound and remembers storms as a thrilling and recurring aspect of childhood, whether the squall arrived when snug in bed or while he was hurrying back to harbor ahead of a darkening sky.

This collection tracks storms through six decades of life along with related themes of harbors, flight, crossings and refuge.

An internationally recognized writer, educator and speaker, Jamie now lives in the Pacific Northwest and still enjoys sailing the inlets and bays of Puget Sound in his small Melonseed Skiff he has named “flaneur.”

Poems

Summer’s End
Bepuddled
Move over!
Beach Combing 4
Butt
Silver Lining
Snap Shots
Rose Bud
Phantom
Morning Fall
Getting Old
Cookie Roll
Each Fall
End Game
Child’s Play
Yard Work
Home for the Holidays
Storms
Moving Day
Headless Snowman
Concert
Hunting Season
Accident
Friday Night Special
An Urban Myth
Cassette
Memories
Aside
Chambered Nautilus
Little by Little
Morning Fall
Rite of Passage (1)
Rite of Passage (2)
Organic Garden
Pruning
Out-flanked
Comforter
Adrift
Adieu
Crossing Over
Figure Skaters
Evening
Woodpile
Paradox
Too Busy
The Painter
Window Panes
The Final Lap
Vagabondage
Off Island
Mid Life
Stone Harbor
Aftertaste
The Bargain
Old Men
Check Out Counter
Geriatrics
With Spring, The Planting
The Feast
Eclipsed
Hasten, Love
More than Remnants

Photographs shot at Tofino in British Columbia (Gallery)
© 2008 Jamie McKenzie, all rights reserved.

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