Le Beau port
By: Charles Giuliano - Aug 01, 2023
Le Beau port
Samuel de Champlain
(ca. 1567–1635)
Came to town
As did we recently
On his map
Dubbed Le Beau port
Later Gloucester
When Dorchester Company
Settled to fish
Drying cod on now
Stagefort Park
Other side of the harbor
Straight across from
Beauport
Grand hotel that
Has no right being there
Private son of a beach
Should have been
For all the people
After they tore down
Birdseye in the Fort
When it was a port
Cod was king
Swift schooners to
Grand Banks
Now vacuumed
By factory ships
It felt odd to visit
Just can’t help ourselves
That magnificent view
Tuxedos and gowns
Two wedding parties
Everyone having
Afternoon cocktails
Edge of the deck
Under an umbrella
Scorching summer
Daze of day
We gazed down on
Brides and grooms
Astrid came for dessert
Had it last time
Magnificent affogata
Chocolate shell
Ice cream and espresso
Biscotto on the side
I had chowder
Rich and creamy
Watched two schooners
Glide by but
Cargo of tourists
Ghosts of what was
So said Maximus
Polis by the sea