Sailors and Sailing Adventures

About the Book

Sailors and Sailing Adventures is not just a collection of poetry about sailing. Each of the delightfully written and often thought provoking poems that the author – Cleon McClain – has written is accompanied by his own personal commentary.

The commentaries contain the stories as to how each poem came to be written. Cleon McClain also shares with the readers much of his personal life and thoughts, as well as giving his poetic insight concerning each poem.

As a bonus, the appendices contains some short stories of how the author came to acquire his current sailboat the Glenda Kay, and some sailing adventures he and the Glenda Kay has shared.

Sailors and Sailing Adventures will capture the reader’s imagination, make you think, and on occasions tug at your heart strings. You will be drawn to read it again and again.

About the Author

Cleon was born on January 12, 1953 in Tulsa Oklahoma. He grew up in a middle class working family. His family consisted of an older brother, his mother who was a nurse, and a father who worked in the aviation industry. Cleon graduated high school in 1971 from East Central High School in Tulsa, and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and education in 1975 from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah Oklahoma. He taught science for two years in the Tulsa Public School System, and 28 years in the Fort Gibson Public School System. Cleon married his wife Glenda on November 22, 1986. They currently live in Muskogee Oklahoma. Cleon retired from full-time teaching in 2004, and currently enjoys substitute teaching, sailing, astronomy, writing poetry, and spending time vacationing with Glenda and friends.