Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Gloucester vs Barrington ~ Championship game, Cape Ann Savings Bank Tournament 12/28/2023 (Replay)
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A POEM BY BOB ALVES

She waits for those – Who cannot return

They she gave port – seasons past and once again

She looks back and leaves not without remembrance, for etched are the names – Knelt at the entrance

She is a warm blanket, providing comfort and alike

Well read, silently-still, amid promise – watching leaders voice in the lights

Though garments worn while seasons pass become frail – Life’s renewing cause, She inertly hales

For She will live long and has been taught

Comforted by garments of eld, provides not      

A Nor-easter, a heartfelt sigh   

The clouds forewarn, some may die 

It is now We, silently watched with a grin

She waits for those – Who cannot return

They She gave port – seasons past – and once again

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bob Alves is a graduate of Gloucester High School and Boston College. Bob’s waterfront roots go back to the early 70’s 

when he worked as a dock-boy for John Cluett with his brother Dean at Bickford’s Marina in Rocky Neck. At the age of 15 Bob’s grandmother bought him the first of many boats, a “Montgomery Fish” sailboat. Now in his mid-sixties, Bob continues to be a waterfront activist and enjoys his time with his brother aboard the “Message She Gave.”

COVER PHOTO: iStock Photo donated by Terry Weber Mangos

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