Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.

- David Mccord

A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul.

- David Mccord

The high-ceilinged rooms, the little balconies, alcoves, nooks and angles all suggest sanctuary, escape, creature comfort. The reader, the scholar, t…

- David Mccord

The cricket's gone, we only hear machines In erg and atom they exact their pay. And life is largely lived on silver screens.

- David Mccord

Life is a garment we continuously alter, but which never seems to fit.

- David Mccord

But man must light for man The fires no other can, And find in his own eye Where the strange crossroads lie.

- David Mccord

A handful of sand is an anthology of the universe.

- David Mccord

March is outside the door Flaming some old desire As man turns uneasily from his fire.

- David Mccord

Books fall open, you fall in.

- David Mccord