Maggie Harper writes-
Hey Joey……
Just wanted to let you know that as of this moment, the Chronicle show on Gloucester is scheduled for Monday July 9th. So let you vast followers know — with the proviso it could be later, if news events warrant.
It was great to meet you — have a great Fiesta this weekend!!!!!!
..Maggie H.
Maggie Harper / Producer, CHRONICLE
Good Morning Gloucester 
Gloucester’s Stacey “Boulevard”
By Peter Albert Todd
Capeannsalon.com
The long stretched walk from end to end
Its memorial stones to pay homage to Gloucester’s past
A silent moment to my being it sends
The historic scene to my pen now cast
In the harbor anchored Lobstermen at their task
So they can feed and nurture their young
All they ask is for a good catch today
This beautiful scene of Gloucester beneath God’s sun
The rippling of the oceans wave
Now disturbed by the speedboats cutting their way
Nature’s seagulls with their own natural sound gave
Truly the divine work of our Creator one could say
Ten Pound Island with God’s creatures giving flight
With the Breakwater protecting Gloucester’s shores
The Fisherman’s statue who oversees days and nights
This our beloved Gloucester , visitors travel from afar to
explore
Tablets representing the thousands of lives
Loved ones gathered to witness with pride
The statue of the Fisherman and now of The Fishermen’s wives
On our beautiful boulevard where we honor those who have died
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The Captain at the Wheel
By Peter A. Todd 04/23/2010
Capeannsalon.com
Taking watch of harbor through days and nights
With his hands firmly gripping at the wheel
Our statue of yesteryear and today
With his eyes fixed like hardened steel
Many seasons and storms have passed him by
Since the Captain was dedicated by our shore
Through raging winds and sunlit skies
The Captain has done his faithful chore
The sands of time that has ebbed and flowed
In circling our great statue of the sea
Like the many stories of Fishermen of old
Our Captain sets the spirit within us free
The inscription etched below his feet
So treasured to the Fishermen in many ways
When the Sands of Time are stilled we’ll meet
Those we have lost now raised by God
From the oceans grave
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The Fisherman’s Wife
By Peter A. Todd 07/07/2009
Petertoddpoet.com
With the bright ray of sunshine on her back
She searches and waits at the harbors edge
For the return of her Captain and his Fishermen
Who have chosen this hard life she dreads
With one child tugging excitedly at her side
The baby clinging tightly to her neck
The mother standing tall searching in pride
For the Captain and his crew stationed on ships deck
Days turn into nights as they return to their homes
The wife now searching the stars on widows walk
Praying to Saint Peter not to be left alone
That her Captains boat would soon dock
This scene a repeated nightly mirrored reflection
Of the Fishermen’s heritage back then and now
Men who have lived out their craft with dedication
Of working the seas to fill the boats to the bow
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The Fisherman’s Wife
10th.Anniversary of Faith
Written by Peter A. Todd 08/05/2011
In our gathering of endless hope and love
We celebrate Gloucester’s Symbol of Faith
The Fisherman’s wife who reflects the spirit above
That rest in the promise of Jesus for all that await
Our symbol crafted by a woman’s hand
That has captured the heart and soul of us all
As people cross through American and Foreign land
To experience the heritage that her stature recalls
That of the many Families who have lost to the sea
Their Loved ones for whose sacrifice we have survived
It is in this our symbol of Faith that sets our spirits free
To continue to keep the memories of those we lost alive
We pay tribute to St. Peter, Patron Saint of the sea
Just as we honor the Captain’s at ships wheel
It is our symbol of the Fishermen’s wife’s
That the true reality of Gloucester’s heritage is revealed
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Hey Joey:
Please forgive me but this is my way of contributing in the pages of Gloucter’s book of time. I have written over 500 poems in my life time as well as numberless My View Columns . I know that many will probably disapear , so this is my way of saving some . I love what you do for our people and how you repect Family Heritage. I myself cannot afford to publish my writings but maybe somebody might try and record my writings on Capeannsalon.com or petertoddpoet.com. I know it will be somewhat repeated because of my short term memory. but just maybe a little can be saved for prosperity. I’m also dealing with three types of Cancer as well as heart issues. So thats it I hope that I am not imposing on your site. I again thank you for the love and dedication you and Good Morning Gloucester Staff have blessed our city with. I will go down in history as being on City Hall Stage with John Ronan , Vincent Farrini . I will also hopefully be recorded as bieng inches close to being the Poet Lauriett. I mean after all I was born fifty feet in my grandmothers spare room from the Cedar Street Tracks. Sorry for the rambling .
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