Show Me the Place, 68

“Show me the place.”

Duke Senior in As You Like It (2.1)

68: Pittsfield, Mass.; multiple years (pictures from September 4, 2017)

In Pittsfield still stands Arrowhead,*

A home where Melville lived and wrote.

His Moby-Dick grew in his head—

As did the Pequod (storied boat).

We’ve been there many times before—

My parents lived not far away.

Each visit tells us there is more

To learn about great Melville’s day.

*the farm where Melville and his family lived, 1850–63