Silver and square, a relic in your palm. It was the one he trusted, you said, to size planks for the skiff he was building in the driveway, or, later, for the kitchen cabinets your mother had pleaded about for so many years. It always came down to an inch, or, more likely, a quarter […]
John Delaney
In 2016 John Delaney moved to Port Townsend, Washington, after a lifetime in the east, where he was curator of historic maps at Princeton University, in New Jersey. He has traveled widely, preferring remote, natural settings, and he is addicted to kayaking and hiking. In 2017 he published a collection of place poems, titled Waypoints (Pleasure Boat Studio). His chapbook Twenty Questions is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.