Not Too Far: A Journey of Words

Not Too Far

A JOURNEY OF WORDS

Eileen Herbert Hugo

Copyright © 2015 Eileen F Hugo.

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ISBN: 978-1-4834-2996-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4834-2995-3 (e)

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With all my love, I dedicate this book to my husband Charles and my family for their encouragement and to my grandchildren who provide me with a wealth of information and endless fun.

To Del Cain for his example and for twenty years of encouragement and to Lois Thoms and Ann Marie Glenn who keep me going and who are both workshop partners and dear friends, to Kathleen Ellis and Tom Daley for the wisdom of their workshops, to the High Tide Poets and to poets at Poets Corner at the Rockport Library.

Finally to all my friends who enjoy my poems.

Contents

Misplaced

Not Too Far from Maine

Spoils of the Sea

Monhegan

This Land Is Ours

Chickens

Clear Cut

Not Too Far from metaphor

Consume This Poem

Dear Reader

Available Space Inside

The Poem I Asked For

The Poem

Not Too Far from home

As The World Turns

The Wall

Night Crawlers

Miss Malden Diner

Putting On the Glitz

Catholic Grammar School Uniform

Elocution

The Palmer Method

Parochial High School

Separation of Sexes

Under My Skin

Not Too Far from me

Fly With Me

Simple Pleasures

The Last Corner of the Toast

First comes love then comes marriage then comes Eileen