POETRY: LEGENDS AND LORE

The poems in this collection are all tales I have made up and written in verse or poems about legends and lore I have hear through the years. Legends and lore are an outgrowth of a reality that have been embellished by the imagination of the story teller, many of which have been handed down from generation to generation through the ages. Some are simply made up to express a thought or an emotion or describe the seen but unseen, things we do not fully comprehend.

THE LEGEND OF SWEET MARY’S GHOST

A foggy night, a stormy sea sometimes can deceive our eyes. What is out there; ghost, legends, lore stalk through our mind and some believe…

BEWARE OF THE TOMMYKNOCKERS (An ancient legend)

Brownies, Elfs, Gnomes and even ghost and let's not forget the Tommyknockers...paranormal, spirit creatures, real or imagined...Miner's will tell you they are very real...Read more

CHAMP’S ISLAND

Lake Champlain is a large lake, once a sea, between New York and Vermont. Living in this lake is a lake monster called Champ...some folks have even named an island for him...Let me tell you about it.

HOW THE STARFISH CAME TO BE

The starfish is an amazing creature. Have you ever wondered how it came to be? Let me share their story with you...

WHERE THE MOON COMES FROM

There is the sun by day to give us light but by night we have the moon? Let me tell you the story of where the moon comes from...

MEDAWISLA (THE LOON)

This Northeast Native America legend is one of my favorites. I have a deep fondness for Lady Loon, that beautiful bird that inhabits our mountain ponds.

MADAWASKA’S NECKLACE

Every wonder how the loon got the string of pearls around her neck? Let me share the legend with you.

HOW WE GOT MAPLE SYRUP AND SUGAR

There is an old Native American legend about how we came to have maple syrup and sugar and has been told from generation to generation...let me share it with you.

THE STORY of HOW OUR SEASON CAME TO BE

Do you know why we have four seasons, winter, spring, summer and autumn and how they came to be? It is not just by chance. This is the retelling of the tale that was told to me.

THE GREAT FLOOD AND HOW DOG BECAME MAN’S BEST FRIEND

This is a legend that has been passed down for many generations from the ancient ones. It is the story of a great flood and how dog became man's best friend...Read more

THE LEGEND OF THE MAN AND THE FISH

This is a Native American legend about greed. Listen carefully to this legend and remember it for it is a lesson we should never forget.

HOW CHIPMUNK GOT HIS STRIPES And BLACK BEAR LEARNED HUMILITY

We should always listen to and observe the animals of the field and forest very carefully for there are many wise lessons that we can learn from them.

THE WORD FROM PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL

I checked with the ground hog and he says spring is on the way; the prediction of Punxsutawney Phil. He's a legendary ground hog...

SAMANTHA'S SONG

Samantha’s Song I’ve heard it said and have believed since I was, oh I think about seven, my grandma said , that when a bluebird sings it’s a love...