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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...
Provincetown History in Photos: May 15, 2019
Black and White photograph taken in 1936 looking east from the intersection of Standish and Commercial Street.
Photo and a Poem: May 10, 2019
May 10, 2019Photo by Krasimira Banova My Country and IA Poem by Hilde Oleson My country and I are both sick.Not long ago we were both at the top of our game,Respected, even loved, working hardTo make the world a better place.A scourge swept in silently.Just quietly...
Provincetown History in Photos: May 8, 2019
A 1948 view of the Lobster Pot and Commercial Street looking east.
Photo and a Poem: May 3, 2019
May 3, 2019Photo by Melanie Black Peepers Spring Serenade A Poem by Jan Kelly The full fog – the passage of a weekGiving the growth of many more peepersThe fog having the barometric pressure,Silencing the distracting sounds of the dayAnd, as the evening darkens,...
Provincetown History in Photos: May 1, 2019
Black and White photograph featuring the pilgrm Monument taken in the early twentieth century.
Photo and a Poem: April 26, 2019
April 26, 2019Photo by Amy Raff Two MomsA Poem by Sydney Cropper Two moms was once unheard of the same gender shouldn't be together for eternity I was born into a loving family but the world didn't see They saw two people who shouldn't be Schoolmates made jokes that...
Provincetown History in Photos: April 24, 2019
Black and White photograph taken by G.H. Nickerson of a windmill in Provincetown, c. 1898.
Photo and a Poem: April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019Photo by Stephen Borkowski Spring ProofA Poem by Hilde Oleson Do not be sad, my friendsFor spring will come.I saw the living proof.On a corner where the sidewalk endsThe tiniest crocus pushed through.It stood there hesitantly, shiveringIn the cold March...
Provincetown History in Photos: April 17, 2019
Black & White photo of three men (possibly Coast Guard) walking towards Taves boatyard, 129R Commercial Street on left and Flyer's Boatyard on the right at Good Templar Place (camera facing Commercial St.)
Photo and a Poem: April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019Photo by Jamie Demetriou A Poem by Jamie Demetriou Stillness is the color painted by the unseen handSilence is the poem whispered in the windAs above so belowThe artist in the mindThe lover in my soul. To submit a photo or poem, email Assistant Library...
Provincetown History in Photos: April 10, 2019
Color photo of trapboat Charlotte before restoration, at breakwater near Provincetown Inn.
Photo and a Poem: April 5, 2019
April 5, 2019Photo by Debbie Jones-Norberto AriesA Poem by Jack Wesdorp From a dump far out of reach,galump galump galump screech,then a voice on a bullhorn,sardonic and full of scorn,“Royalty sucks rotten eggswhile the common hungry begs.Are there any jobs to do,eggs...