Entries for category "Books | Writing"

Ocean Magazine: Secret Society of Waves

The Secret Society of Waves I’ll bet in the secret society of waves they have a lot of names that start with "ts" and that they throw cotillions for the little ones to learn how to dance and dance and bow and dance some more--back and forth and back and…

Taro and the Magic Turtle

Our second children’s book, currently in search of a publisher. The story is based loosely on the Japanese folktale Urashima Taro. Illustrations by Ket Tom-Conway, a wonderful Santa Cruz, CA artist and fellow ocean-lover. Proceeds from this book will benefit youth ocean education projects. Please add a comment below with…

Ocean Magazine: Bay of Angels

Bay of Angels And if now I share How I spend my days Will you feel Not so far away? Early dew drenched desert sand Rises with the morning sun And I shuffle through To the water's edge To the temple Of dust and salt. Amidst the clamoring choir Of…

Ocean Magazine: Punta Abreojos

Punta Abreojos They named the point Open Your Eyes Abre los Ojos A rock and sand bulwark Jetting into the Pacific Protecting a lagoon, whales, osprey nests But a sleeping watchman Or unskilled helmsman Would know wreckage on her stony shore And now her proud light cuts Across dark sea…

Ocean Magazine: Cabo Pulmo

Cabo Pulmo I knew that lovely head of yours was churning poems Between the sun's fall and its rise again And that they'd be of water, sun, rocks But, you should know my each morning's quest: To reach your nest before the sun To hear your voice with the morning…