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Photo and a Poem: August 23, 2019
August 23, 2019Photo by Jason Brown A Poem by Hilde Oleson The cathedral of the forest welcomes me.The trees stand tall against the hillTrying to reach above their ken to frame the sky.A shadow fabricates a door through which we can approach.The silence broken only by...
Provincetown History in Photos: August 21, 2019
A foggy photo of the schooner Hindu from the foot of Sklaroff's Wharf in 1951.
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Photo and a Poem: August 16, 2019
August 16, 2019Photo by Mary Alice Wells AgingA Poem by Hilde Oleson Indeed, I feel it coming.It slips in with each dawn,Lingers through the nights,Puts clinging fingers round my psyche.Today I am a day older than yesterday.In a few years I will be a century old,But...
Provincetown History in Photos: August 14, 2019
A lookout, the Grand View Tower,at the highest point in Provincetown with a view of both the ocean and the bay in 1961.
Photo and a Poem: August 9, 2019
August 9, 2019Photo by Jamie Demetriou A Poem by Jamie Demetriou By this dune by this sacred seasoaring secretly my spirit flies releasing meheaven and heartrhythm of timewinds of changethe world is mine. To submit your own photo or poem, email Assistant Library...
Provincetown History in Photos: August 7, 2019
Photo of the new boat slip where Sklaroff's Wharf once was. 1977
Photo and a Poem: August 2, 2019
August 2, 2019Photo by Clayton Nottleman To a Young Couple ArguingA Poem by Jan Kelly When our hair is white or grey or honeWhen our eyes see less, closing with a sighOur smile will be quieter, effortlessThen we will feel all the peace we didAlways have, unaware. To...
Provincetown History in Photos: July 31, 2019
Photo of Atkins Lane looking toward Back Street. 1955
Photo and a Poem: July 26, 2019
July 26, 2019Photo by Melanie Black FlowersA Poem by Mark S. Peel there are only but so many waysyou can tell her you love her i guess it’s in the number of timesthat you do that truly counts but don’t let the time go bybetween the times you show itthat’s simply not...
Provincetown History in Photos: July 24, 2019
The shore around Gull Hill in 1880.
Photo and a Poem: July 19, 2019
July 19, 2019Photo by Stephen Borkowski CancerA Poem by Jack R. Wesdorp The records in your atticare correct but erratic,whole chapters have gone missingwhen your captain went fishing.There’s some tantalizing crockswhen your ship first left the docks,there’s a lock of...
Provincetown History in Photos: July 17, 2019
A photograph of the Provincetown Advocate post card shop in 1914.
Photo and a Poem: July 12, 2019
July 12, 2019Photo by Dick Salmon Cloud WordsA Poem by Hilde Oleson I was lying in bed the way the doctor said I shouldOne can only sleep ¾ of the timeSo as I lay awake I semi-dreamed.A cloud of words came flying by,White fluffy clouds bearing the imprint of your...
Provincetown History in Photos: July 10, 2019
A photo from about 1909 showing the "S curve" on Freeman Street going toward Bradford Street.
Photo and a Poem: July 5, 2019
July 5, 2019Photo by Susan Peskin Our FlagA Poem by Jim Cornell The flag stands limply onIts metal rod as theBreeze has stoppedIt will fly freely soonAs the wind is rarelyQuiescent for long on thisHigh bluff guarding the shoreMy father and unclesFought fiercely for...
Provincetown History in Photos: July 3, 2019
A photo of Railroad Square at the intersection of Commercial Street and Standish Street from 1925.
Photo and a Poem: June 28, 2019
June 28, 2019Photo by Jamie Demetriou A Poem by Jamie Demetriou She was in awe over the dunesShe sang of the beautyNature's song, her songSaved in a notebook in my mind, as not tolose a secondI heard what she saw, her silent poetryThe song of nature's healing, her...
Provincetown History in Photos: June 26, 2019
Black and white photograph featuring a wharf scene taken in the early twentieth century.
Photo and a Poem: June 21, 2019
June 21, 2019Photo by Rowan Wielblad To Conquer DarknessA Poem by Hilde Oleson When you are smallNight holds such fearsHidden in the dark are things you couldn’t dreamIn every shadow hides a roaring terror.The jungle of the world hides them in day,But when night...
Provincetown History in Photos: June 19, 2019
Photo from a little beyond Gosnold Street, facing East in July 1948. Corner gift shop can be seen on the left, along with Adam's pharmacy on the corner of Gosnold. Burch's bakery can be seem on the right.
Photo and a Poem: June 14, 2019
June 14, 2019Photo by Clayton Nottleman AvalonA Poem by Melanie Black Whether it be high or low tideI go to the wetlands oftenand search the western horizonfor that blazing line of light. I am rapt in thought as the windwhips my hair into my face,burning tears flow...
Provincetown History in Photos: June 12, 2019
In honor of Heritage Day 2019: A photo of Miriam and Donald B. MacMillan aboard The Bowdoin with sled dogs.
Photo and a Poem: June 7, 2019
June 7, 2019Photo by Amy Raff Come the Dawn: Reflections at Omaha BeachA Poem by Mark S. Peel To the few, memories of the pastoccur at the momentthat may be their last.Come the dawn. Blind denial and tension definethe time remainingto contemplate and resign.Come the...
Provincetown History in Photos: June 5, 2019
A postcard showing the Steamer Dorothy Bradford docking in Provincetown.
Photo and a Poem: May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019Photo by Barbara Klipper The Sea and the Skylark A Poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844 - 1889) On ear and ear two noises too old to end Trench—right, the tide that ramps against the shore; With a flood or a fall,...
Provincetown History in Photos: May 29, 2019
Railroad Square at the intersection of Commercial St. and Standish St. in 1890.
Photo and a Poem: May 24, 2019
May 24, 2019Photo by Amy Raff I Walk This Path Alone Each DayA Poem by Jim Cornell I walk this path alone each dayIts twists and turns the same yet changedTwo forks are set before me on this pathI take the left one every timeNot because of politics nor to make...
Provincetown History in Photos: May 22, 2019
Intersection of Commercial St. and Standish St. in 1976 showing crowds of people, cars and bicycles on what must have been a busy summer day.
Photo and a Poem: May 17, 2019
May 17, 2019Photo by Justin Freed PEACE IS...NOT...A Poem by Jack Wells-Benson Peace is hugs...not guns Peace is the sparkle of candles on your birthday cake... not the spark of explosive weapons Peace is the aroma of a Sunday dinner... not the smell of toxic...