Photos by Alexander Levy‘Upon a Boat, by Ocean Bound’ by Alexander King Ream The Society August 17, 2020 Beauty, Culture, Ekphrastic, Poetry 4 Comments Upon a boat, by ocean bound, Below the sun, upon the sound, The bait, a line, a reel, a fish: Bound for butter, herbs and dish. Alec Ream is a writer living in the Northern Neck of Virginia. His work has been printed in Decanto Poetry Magazine (West Sussex, UK) 2013-14, Western Viewpoints 2014 (Woodinville, Washington) and Poetic Images: the Great American West 2015 (Woodinville, Washington), The Society of Classical Poets Annual Journals 2015-19 (Mt Hope, New York), The Rocky Point Times 2016 (Puerto Peñasco, Mexico) and in several issues of The Lyric (Jericho, Vermont) 2015-18. Currently, his work has gone to print in the Autumn Journal of The Writers Guild of Virginia, and his novel Canterbury 2020 is being edited for print in 2020 by High Tide Press in Deltaville, Virginia. A member of the Demosthenian Literary Society at the University of Georgia, he deployed to Hawija, then wrote on Lookout Mountain, continuing to write, lecture and work for Delta Kappa Epsilon International. He prefers to note that he was first published reading to the pledge class of Michigan DKE, in Ann Arbor. NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. The Society of Classical Poets does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or commentary. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Trending now: 4 Responses Joe Tessitore August 17, 2020 What a brilliant little gem! Reply C.B. Anderson August 18, 2020 I will at least, Joe, go along with the “little” part. Reply Alec Ream September 18, 2020 Thanks for the input and the read. Society of Classical Poets is no boring lot, that’s for certain. Alexander Ream December 26, 2022 This Berkeley Deke and his fine Mother and Father helped get me printed in hardback. He told me in ’08, “…that poem was really elaborate.” His girlfriend was so excellent and lovely, I took such as an symbolic indicator that he was “a bell cow” – one to follow, iow. Snow shoveling in Ann Arbor and reviving the 1844 literary foundations of Delta Kappa Epsilon formed the 2 best tasks I had for 8 years: housed and fed during the Great Recession. Ergo, printed in 3 countries, 2x as many states. To recall how grateful I’d better be I had a lady friend make me a sweatshirt: “The Son of God composted my B.S.” Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Alec Ream September 18, 2020 Thanks for the input and the read. Society of Classical Poets is no boring lot, that’s for certain.
Alexander Ream December 26, 2022 This Berkeley Deke and his fine Mother and Father helped get me printed in hardback. He told me in ’08, “…that poem was really elaborate.” His girlfriend was so excellent and lovely, I took such as an symbolic indicator that he was “a bell cow” – one to follow, iow. Snow shoveling in Ann Arbor and reviving the 1844 literary foundations of Delta Kappa Epsilon formed the 2 best tasks I had for 8 years: housed and fed during the Great Recession. Ergo, printed in 3 countries, 2x as many states. To recall how grateful I’d better be I had a lady friend make me a sweatshirt: “The Son of God composted my B.S.” Reply
