An Altar by the Sea: Poems to Ponder

By Ms. June B. Crawford

The poem An Altar By the Sea, was written during a time when, after 15 years, I revisited the place of my youth by the sea and encountered a stack of deep memories I had forgotten to remember.

I walked along the same roads that I had as a young girl, trod again the paths that led me to where I am today, and reminisced with unforgettable intensity the uniqueness of growing up and living along side the vast realm of the ocean.

The highlights of my visits to Egypt are captured in several pieces, as I recall the strangeness of being in a place where antiquity and a modern world collide, totally oblivious to those caught up in the explosion.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 8, 2009
• ISBN: 9781462823475

Ms. June B. Crawford

Ms. June lives in Apple Valley, California and is Executive Director of an assisted living home for seniors. Writing about the most familiar experiences of life and sharing them with others is her passion. Her poems have been included in several books of poetry and she submits articles to newspapers and magazines regularly. The Small Room, a book of poems, was published in 2001. Recently she has enjoyed writing lyrics for 2 new CD’s for singer/songwriter/husband Ray Crawford. Ms. June is mother to Jennifer (and Robert) and Dean, and grandmother to Christopher, R.J., Callahan and Alex. She was inspired to write when Al, a dear writer friend in Santa Monica, CA., read some of her poems and gave her a book by Poet Laureate Billy Collins. It was then that she realized that others also successfully wrote poetry without rhyme.

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