Shore Lines: Poems from My Life on the Water

By Wayne McNeil

In Shore Lines, poet and visual artist Wayne McNeil returns to the Gulf Coast of his childhood-Panama City, Florida-to trace the shifting edges of memory, identity, and place. These poems move through salt marshes, and shorelines of St. Andrews Bay, where the natural world becomes both mirror and guide.

Rooted in the species that shaped him- crabs beneath dock pilings, bonnethead sharks threading the shallows, mullet flashing just under the surface-McNeil reflects on family, grief, resilience, and the quiet, enduring pull of home.

Alongside the poems are McNeil's own photographs of the coastal environment, offering a visual conversation with the text. Together, words and images map a personal estuary, where saltwater mingles with memory and where what the tide returns is never quite the same as what it took away.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FR8XQ7XL
• ISBN13: 9798291333358
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"