Once by the Sea

By Donald J. Young

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 12, 2004
• ISBN: 9781469108285

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Copyright © 2003 by Donald J. Young.

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Contents

AFTER NERUDA

ONCE BY THE SEA

ON DREAMS

SO MUCH HAPPENS IN A DAY

A VISIT TO MY HOMETOWN

ON THE YOUNG

A GIRL IN WARTIME

LEAVING A VIOLENT LOVE

A LOST FRIEND

MY ENEMY

ODD COUPLES

NERUDAS RIGHT

ON A THEME OF NERUDAS

WHAT CAN I GIVE HER

THE HEART

THE POETS IDEA OF TIME

CHARACTERS

WOMAN FROM THE PAST

THE ANGRY FATHER

TO MY AGING FATHER

THE WALKER

THE EVANGELIST

THE VETERAN

THE POETS IN A RECENT ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN VERSE

FESTE, IN TWELFTH NIGHT

POLONIUS

FOR THE PEOPLE OF A LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRY

THE HOLY FATHER S DECREE

CRITICAL COMMENTS ON DON YOUNGS NOVEL

CRITICAL REMARKS ON DON YOUNGS POEMS AND NOVELS

For Viviane

Other works by Donald J. Young:

NOVELS:

The Reunion (New International Library, 1961)

The Lion’s Share, A Story of the Battle of the Bulge

(Avranches Press, 1998, Fourth Edition)

NOVELLAS

The Ascending Star (Creative Arts Book Company, Berkeley,

CA, 1999)

The Listening Man (Xlibris Corporation, 2002)

POETRY

The Shore of the Unknown (Avranches Press, 1998)

Tonis War (Avranches Press, 1999)

Family Tales (Avranches Press, 2000)

Illumination (Avranches Press, 2001)

Reflections (Avranches Press, 2002)

The Loom of the Light ( Xlibris Corporation, 2003)

Early poems—not included in this book—appeared in Epoch, Furioso, Western Review, The Black Mountain Press, Dark Tower, Sundaze, and Coastlines.

I want to thank my friends Marianne Stoll and Harry Card who gave me many creative suggestions on how to improve the poems. Jenny Petter and Cindy Gustafson were very considerate and innovative in preparing the book for publication.

I am very grateful to the photographer, Chris Bratt, for his gracious permission to use, for the front cover, his beautiful photo, Cayman Horizon Blur. His magnificent photographs of mountains, streams, and the