Coast Guard Beach, Eastham

Cape Cod
The Way it Feels

Images © Jay J. Pulli 1997-98
Poetry ©
Merrily A. Wolf, 1997


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If you want to see the poetry in one
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Updated with new photos shot on
May 30, 1998



Oh, those lazy Cape Cod days . . .
Sitting beside a peaceful pond,

Reading a good long novel . . .
Or playing chess on an old soft wool blanket,

Brightly painted damsel flies darting about . . .
Dragonflies stirring up the smell of drying pine needles,

The soft sudden sound of fish jumping . . .
Or a swimmer's stroke breaking the water's surface,

The chorus of croaking frogs. . .
As they leap from the shimmering green lily pads,

Walking along the pond's sandy shore . . .
Picking sweet indigo berries off of high blueberry bushes,

A glass of cool tart lemon aid . . .
A cold tuna fish sandwich on a hot summer's day.



North of Chatham

 



Waves over a rock, Coast Guard Beach







Turtle crossing -
Indian Neck, Wellfleet



Onion Lamp -
Lt. Island, Eastham



Beach fence -
Chatham



Oh, those lazy Cape Cod days . . .
Kite flying on the breezy Beach,

Soft white clouds drifting high above . . .
Seagulls gliding in gentle salt water breezes,

Perched pine trees gently molded by the wind,
Rolling white dunes topped with swaying beach grass,

Bright red rose hips bobbing to and fro . . .
Grains of white sand sliding down the face of the dunes,

Collecting gritty sand and smooth stones . . .
Making sandcastles and mermaids just beyond the waves. . .

Sandpiper charging and retreating from the surf . . .
Their sanctuary marked by conch shells and sand dollars,

The waves breaking on the sand bars . . .
Scattering cackling herring gulls



Nauset Beach







Lt. Island, Eastham
looking south



Beach grass
Lt. Island, Eastham



Lt. Island, Eastham
looking north






Oh, those lazy Cape Cod days . . .
Walking along the old wood pier,

Tall weather faded wood pilings . . .
Decorated with clusters of bumpy barnacles,

The gentle splashing of the waves . . .
Against the buoys bells as their bells chime,

The low bellow of a lone fog horn . . .
Through the mist a beckoning light guides the seaman ashore,

Worn fishing boats laying silently on their keels . . .
Flounders gliding by with the out going tide,

The fishermen gathering in their nets . . .
And sorting their day's catch with great care and pride,

The luring smell of the fresh fish market . . .
Bulging blues, thick tunas, lively lobsters, and more.



Nauset Beach





Wellfleet Pier



Closed for the winter -
Wellfleet



Wellfleet Harbor -
January







Oceanside - Wellfleet



Clamming - Wellfleet



Uncle Tim's Bridge - Wellfleet





Scarecrow - Wellfleet



Pinecone bud - Wellfleet







Books

The classic non-tourist book about Cape Cod is "The Outermost House" by Henry Beston.
To view the plaque text that was placed on the now destroyed house,
click
here.

There's even a book about the book, titled "Journey to Outermost House"
by Nan Turner Waldron

My favorite book of photographs of Cape Cod is "Cape Light"
by Joel Meyerowitz





Related Links

Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
The Nauset Light Preservation Society
The Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, MA
Cape Cod Life Magazine
Thoreau's Cape Cod





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