Yancy Carpentier

“Things that come with the fog: horseshoe crabs, tall ships, and wandering hearts.”
― M. Kei, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka, Volume 4

“Closer and closer they came. The sight was a glorious one: two vessels racing towards each other as the sun lifted above the rim of the world.”
― M. Kei, The Sallee Rovers

“The Spanish fleet was beautiful and terrifying. The great battleships were clouds of sail scudding before the wind while their xebecs and frigates ran with them like greyhounds coursing alongside huntsmen.”
― M. Kei, Iron Men

“Whoever had designed her loved ships and knew the sea: he had designed her with his heart.”
― M. Kei, Iron Men