Shoreline Sonata — Featured Poets

Movement I:

Walt Whitman (Huntington, NY), Miracles
Carl Sandburg (Chicago, IL), Young Sea
Suzanne Vega (New York City, NY), “Calypso”
Terence Prosser (Riverside, CA), Under Canvas
Carl Sandburg (Chicago, IL), Young Sea
Arthur C. Clarke (England/Sri Lanka), Nature
Sidney Lanier (American South), An Evening Song
Walt Whitman (Huntington, NY), Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, from Leaves of Grass

Movement II:

Robert Rose (Vancouver, B.C.), Ships
Kenneth Grahame (England), The Wind in the Willows
Roselle Mercier Montgomery (Georgia), The Stowaway
Gladys L. Henderson (Nesconset, NY), Two Women Fishing Orient Point Beach
Lao Tzu (China), unsourced quote
Zenna Schaffer (California), unsourced quote
John Steinbeck (California), unsourced quote
Billy Joel (Long Island, NY), “Downeaster Alexa”
John Masefield (England), Roadways
Lord Byron (England), Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
Rachel Carson (Pennsylvania), unsourced quote
Jean Kemper (East Hampton, NY), Home
Kahlil Gibran (Lebanon, Syria, Boston, MA), unsourced quote
James Taylor (Boston, MA), “Lighthouse”

Movement III:

John Muir (Scotland), The Unpublished Journals of John Muir
Victoria Twomey (Huntington, NY), Summer House
Walt Whitman (Huntington, NY), From Montauk Point
Te-yu Li (China), unsourced quote
Jack Trested (Albertson, NY), The Mermaid (Jack was in third grade when he wrote the
poem, now fifth grade)
Robert Frost (New England) – paraphrased from Choose Something Like a Star
Jimmy Webb (Long Island, NY), “Driftwood”
Sam Toperoff (Forest Hills, NY), We Are Here

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