Oh, Deer: A Postcard from Washington County
I’m Sarah Craighead Dedmon. Welcome to Way Downeast, where I’ll share small-town stories and big conversations -- about the people, communities, struggles and successes of Washington County, Maine.
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This week, something new on the podcast. Following our custom on the Washington County Almanac, this week we bring you some brief observances of the week at hand, an audio Postcard from Washington County.
Jamie Moore is a man of many abilities including carpentry, fishing and as you'll hear on this week's Washington County Writer's Corner, poetry.
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The Old Cutler Store
by pounded piers
dripping with seaweed
the great building was held up
high
its bottom floor
entwined with hackmatack boards
two layers
hovering over
open coastline stone
and savage ocean
nails rotted
now pitted rust stains
streaked
the loosed boards
free
perfectly sound
perfectly straight
priceless stunning finish
could never be counterfeited
white with salt
orange swirls of wood grain
polished by smashing tides
roman numerals scored
from sawyers of old
legendary holes chiseled in
epochs of fishermen
wore through
at work and play
the whole archive
carefully carried away
scrolled out board for board
into my daughters house we built
fastened down
for the ceiling over her head
because she loves stories
all her life she has always loved stories
-Jamie Moore
David Cale
An experienced fisherman, clamer and diver, David serves the town of Machiasport as Harbor Master.
Jamie Moore
Machias resident, father, fisherman, carpenter and poet.