Modern Cape Ann literary legend Herbert Kenny's "At a Gloucester Memorial"

Gloucester's nineteenth century literary grande dame Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' feminist oriented "Gloucester Harbor"

Poet Laureate Vincent Ferrini's "Feeshamen's Wives"

Teen age poetry award winner Danielle Walter's "Spirit of the Sea"

Epic poet Charles Olson's philosophical "Maximus, to himself"

Epic poet Charles Olson's observant and insightful "Maximus to Gloucester, Sunday, July 19"

Civic Poet John J. Ronan's "Hymn for Gloucester at 400," written for the city’s 2023 quadricentennial celebration