Ocean Winds Shaped the Days We Kept (Perfect Childhood Poem)
A simple poem in a Chaucerian structure that conveys the simple innocence of a childhood along the Texas Gulf Coast.
Tag: Happy Childhood
Be Who You Must Be, Baby!
Gordons Parks was a photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director, but more importantly for me, he was a prominent figure in my childhood and got into my psyche and my poetry.
It’s My Birthday, and I’d Like to Give You a Gift
A poem by Gordon Parks speaks of curiosity, wonder, celebration of life and nature, and the awesome, simple, dead-on-target mindfulness of children.
Epic Seafood Boil Memories from Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
A Glover Gardens reader shares childhood memories of seafood boils: “total freedom and good eating in a safe corner of the world”. Bay St. Louis, Mississippi is one of Expedia’s Most Beautiful Towns in America list, and now on my Must-Go list.
