Here are poems about sailors, fish & fisherfolk, ships, storms, dreams & treasures, and above all about 'the wild and wasteful ocean' itself, gathered together by the poet, Charles Causley, who has spent all his life near or on th sea." Contents include: Intro / The Sea Itself / Creatures of Sea, Land and Sky / On the Beach / Findings and Keepings / I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside / Harbour and Island, Cape and Cliff / Fishing and Fisherfolk / A Life on the Ocean Wave / Vessels / Seaman All / In Deep / Sea-Changes / Lovers False and Lovers True / Dreamers, Solitaries and Survivors / Shipwreck, Storm and Disaster / Wreckers, Invaders, Pirates and Prisoners / Battles and Engagements / Voyagings, Departures and Homecomings / Index of First Lines / Index of Authors.
Here are poems about sailors, fish & fisherfolk, ships, storms, dreams & treasures, and above all about 'the wild and wasteful ocean' itself, gathered together by the poet, Charles Causley, who has spent all his life near or on th sea." Contents include: Intro / The Sea Itself / Creatures of Sea, Land and Sky / On the Beach / Findings and Keepings / I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside / Harbour and Island, Cape and Cliff / Fishing and Fisherfolk / A Life on the Ocean Wave / Vessels / Seaman All / In Deep / Sea-Changes / Lovers False and Lovers True / Dreamers, Solitaries and Survivors / Shipwreck, Storm and Disaster / Wreckers, Invaders, Pirates and Prisoners / Battles and Engagements / Voyagings, Departures and Homecomings / Index of First Lines / Index of Authors.