Perry : Writing

Whaler's Wives

Whaler's Wives

A Poem by Perry


Whaler's wives have risen for their husbands,lost at sea, then hastened from that churchyard,and to December's beach.To keep once more the widow'swatc..
Cindy

Cindy

A Story by Perry


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Stumbling

Stumbling

A Poem by Perry


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Shark Beach

Shark Beach

A Poem by Perry


Not to return, she left her pailupon the glistening sand, thencrashed into the surging break,and all its dazzling spray.When hearing father's voice ca..
Miranda

Miranda

A Poem by Perry


Tastier than a poached mothball,beautiful Miranda, statuesque, withChina-doll features and tumbling hairwas the First Chair at our mother'sbreakfast t..
Vermin

Vermin

A Poem by Perry


I’m better when you do notpresume me an honorable man.You, with your breeding, youralpine beauty and pluck,are symphonically designed.And I am n..
Lady

Lady

A Poem by Perry


They laid me to rest in Lady Forest, under a carpet of needles and roots that rub me. All the summer she spoke to me in lush tones,..
Pretty Filipina

Pretty Filipina

A Poem by Perry


Pretty, pretty Filipina had straight hairand a bad upbringing.She had fertile effervescence.She knew how to smile and talk,and thread needles. And she..
Stephanie

Stephanie

A Story by Perry


She stood on Stonington Point, looking seaward to Long Island Sound.A shore breeze lifted her hair. Eddies swirled, and Stephanie remembered. The man ..