Born in Auburn, Maine, in 1949, Paul has authored fourteen books of poetry including Cross Lake and Other Poems, Soaking The Harp, A Heap of Smouldering Boundary Stones: Selected Poems 1985-2011, Will We All Pull Through Together? New Poems: 2013-2016, and four preceding ‘short poem books: ’ To Make A Rule, Swimming The Bay, Nurturing The Cup, and Wow, do take a bow! Several of his books are now available on Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com. Paul has had poems and prose accepted by several regional publications in Maine, namely the Aroostook Review, and Wolf Moon Journal. He is also an occasional memoirist. He has at intervals made his home at Cross Lake in the Aroostook of Maine for the last sixty-seven years.
Inspired by Maurice Riordan
Hear the engines revving
Like held-back hounds keen to go?
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Somewhere in England
If Heaven were of water made,
Seawater, partly, white-foamed,
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Plodding along on a retiree's chestnut poker,
A slight limp in my gait, I envy your alacrity
In airports, my dear, and here in Piccadilly,
Where, tempering impatience with good cheer,
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London - Edinburgh by Britrail
Our berth was cold and damp.
The cabin boy brought us tea
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a thanks to the Burleys
My bureau's leftover pocket-change, surplus
Of muddied brown 2-pence coin—the coin,
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