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Teresa Carson on Poetry: Direct Responses to COVID 19 (Part 2)

Teresa Carson on Poetry: Direct Responses to COVID 19 (Part 2)

This week’s poems & art: “Concord Street Hymn,” by Dawn Potter  “Concord Hymn,” Ralph Waldo Emerson (American, 1803-1882) “Out My Window,” a painting by Leslie Butterfield “Untitled,” a painting by... Read More
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Hardwoods – Cory Crouser

Hardwoods – Cory Crouser

Hardwoods​On the east sideOf the clearingAt the ox-bowOn the SandyThere’s a fir treeGrowing up fromWhat remains ofAn old maple(The evergreenDeeply rootedIn the flesh ofThat toppled thing).Take this on faith,You’d bleed... Read More
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Louisa May Alcott Visits Mr. Emerson – Judith Sornberger

Louisa May Alcott Visits Mr. Emerson – Judith Sornberger

I imagine you on a May morningbreezing into his study, breathlessfrom your sprint across the fields.The great man of letters—your father’s friend,your friend—neither sighs nor hesitatesas he sets his quill... Read More
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