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    Sonnets of the Chesapeake
    Sonnets of the Chesapeake
    Sonnets of the Chesapeake
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    Sonnets of the Chesapeake

    By James Walter Peirce

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    Most people ignore poetry because most poets ignore people. The Nobility of being a poet is to influence others perception of ideas, and only through the use of poetry can anyone hope to communicate a strong and sustained awareness of the best of human nature. Poetry excites our principles and lifts imagination to heights of comprehension that only students of writing can visualize. Using poetry as a form of communication allows people from separate backgrounds to view the same words and yet visualize them in a different ways. This is why I love to write sonnets.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateOct 27, 2008
    ISBN9781467045940
    Sonnets of the Chesapeake
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    James Walter Peirce

          He graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park with a BA and MED. He was a construction driver and ship’s serviceman with the Navy’s Sea Bees during the Korean Conflict.  His unit (ACB 2) assisted with the movie productions of “Away all Boats” and “Battle Cry”.       His most significant occupation is as an Administrator and Teacher with the Prince George’s County Board of Education.  He has received many awards in that field.  Among them Outstanding Educator in America in 1974 and 2004, Who’s Who in America 2003, two outstanding achievement awards and three Best History awards from the American Legion Department of Maryland.  Presently, He is a Volunteer Ranger at Patpsco Valley State Park.

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      Sonnets of the Chesapeake - James Walter Peirce

      © 2008 James Walter Peirce. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 11/21/2008

      ISBN: 978-1-4389-2079-5 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4389-2080-1 (hc)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2008909497

      Printed in the United States of America

      Bloomington, Indiana

      Dedication

      Nancy Anne Peirce

      My wife of almost fifty years.

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      Table of Contents

      Ballad of the Chesapeake

      Prologue

      Ballad of the Eastern Shore

      Two States of the Chesapeake

      Ode to the Chesapeake

      USS Constellation

      Great Shellfish Bay

      Maryland’s Black-Eyed Susan

      Smith Island Watermen

      Virginia’s Dogwood

      Pohattan’s Confederacy

      Chesapeake Cities

      A Place, a Port, a City

      Annapolis

      Harpers Ferry

      Hampton Roads

      Iron Town of Baltimore

      The Lost City

      Cumberland

      Port Tobacco

      Saint Mary’s City

      Thurmont

      Chesapeake Rivers

      Agrestal Patuxent

      Chesapeake and Delaware Canal

      Patapsco Chills

      Noblest River of the Bay

      Saddest River of the Bay

      Upper James River

      Lower James River

      Tribute to the Nanticoke

      The Sassafras

      York River

      Most Needed Watershed

      Rappahannock and Rapidan

      Perspectives From the Choptank

      Interesting Places

      Battle of Antietam Creek

      Wade’s Bay

      Virginia’s Eastern Shore

      Legend of Dismal Swamp

      The Cliffs of Calvert County

      Prisoners at Point Lookout

      Great Falls of the Potomac

      Ponies of Assateague

      College Park Air Museum

      Mount Saint Mary’s University

      Chesapeake Animals

      Bald Eagle

      Mute Swan

      Baltimore Oriole

      Canadian Geese

      Pocomoke Crabs

      Tangier Oysters

      Ducks

      Maryland Beaver

      Red Fox

      Chesapeake Friendships

      Honesty

      Decisions

      Friendship

      All Kinds of Friends

      Love and Friendship

      True Love Exists

      Unrequited Love

      Requiem of a Love Affair

      First Love

      Misgivings of the Past

      Time Changes Friends

      Ballads and Other Poems

      Heroes of Saint Michael’s

      Potomac Waters Captivate

      Potomac Blue and Gray

      The Beckoning of Tangier Sound

      Pirates of the Chesapeake

      Ghost Ships of the Potomac

      Lament at Little Creek

      Prisoners at Point Lookout

      Washington, D.C.

      Legacies of the Pocomoke

      Cliffs of the Severn

      Epilogue

      Cenotaphs of the Patapsco

      Honors received by poems in this publication

      Bibliography

      Its Place in History

      Ballad of the Chesapeake

      It’s Mother Nature’s rendezvous,

      a waterman’s topography;

      with fish, and crabs, and oysters too,

      it’s heaven’s own facsimile.

      Its essence calls seductively;

      the atmosphere provides mystique.

      The Natives use hyperbole.

      The people call it Chesapeake.

      These watermen are Neptune’s crew;

      they fish with ingenuity.

      For crabbers, happy times ensue;

      they work the bay productively.

      Most hunt and fish judiciously;

      an ample harvest they do seek.

      It’s here for all of us to see.

      The people call it Chesapeake.

      A way of life they can pursue,

      all things approached alluringly;

      with stoic, understated view,

      they say it’s almost fantasy.

      These citizens are neighborly;

      the life they have most others seek.

      It’s wondrous community.

      The people call it Chesapeake.

      From Cambridge to Mount Harmony,

      from Havre de Grace to Kiptopeke,

      from Leonardtown to Salisbury,

      the people call it Chesapeake.

      Prologue

      Most people ignore poetry because most poets ignore people. The Nobility of being a poet is to influence others perception of ideas, and only through the use of poetry can anyone hope to communicate a strong and sustained awareness of the best of human nature. Poetry excites

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