The poetry in this book covers the beautiful county of Dorset, Thomas Hardy country, there are many poems about Portland, an Island that reaches out into the English Channel, this island is where most of the stone that Sir Christopher Wren used to build the most prominent buildings in London, Portland Stone. You will read poetry of the sea, poetry from before the mast, sailing ships, poetry about the massive tankers carrying crude oil, storms and hurricanes that seamen took for granted, poetry of nature with a twist. You will read classic poetry, poetry that will make you laugh, and poetry you have never read before in this unusual book written by a retired merchant seaman. You will read stories of ships that have sunk, ghost ships, stories about the seven seas, the poet takes you through real events to the supernatural, and then takes you through a tour of the unusual Island of Portland. Portland was an island, folklore then tells of a massive storm, when the storm subsided it left banks of shingle, now called Chesil Beach that now connects the island to the mainland of Dorset. The poet has written of this event and also tells the reader of the wonders of this amazing Island.