Poet's Corner

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  Poetry Pharmacy

  Jun 29
  Dear Poetry Pharmacy, A colleague of mine just lost his mother to cancer. It's hard to know what to say. I'd love to offer him some support — or ...
  
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  Poetry Pharmacy: Poems to bring people together

  Apr 11
  Dear Poetry Pharmacy, My two children, five years apart, loved each other when they were young. Now they are on opposite sides politically, and ...
  

• Poetry Pharmacy: Poem for widow of bird lover

  Feb 08
  Dear Poetry Pharmacy, We had a friend who died on Jan. 11, his 94th birthday. He was our neighbor for many years. He once made us a platform bird ...
  

• 'Too many'

  By David Hurley, Swanville - Apr 21
  Too many Indians too many settlers too many chickens too many sardines too many rednecks too many hippies too many gays too many trees too many ...
  

• Poet's Corner, January 2015

  Feb 07
  Well, now that we are mid-storm, mid-winter, mid-thigh in snow, here, for our collective reminder of the life that greens and calls ever still, is ...
  

• Poetry Corner, December 2014

  Dec 06
  This will be the final poetry column of my term as Belfast Poet Laureate. It has been an honor to serve these two years. As I write, the biannual ...
  

• Poet's Corner — October 2014

  Oct 03
  October is upon us, and these huge, bumbling, talkative fowl can be seen in flocks throughout the area. This poem, which truly does them justice, ...
  

• Poet's Corner — August

  Jul 31
  Two for August By William Carpenter of Stockton Springs When I Was A Seeker I Sought Both Night and Day One of the things about living on Route ...
  

• Poet's Corner — June 2014

  Jun 05
  Seasonal In Spring the so-called cherry dogwood, cornus mas, that crowds the low- slung corner of the roof, explodes with a blur of bright ...
  

• Poet's Corner — April

  Apr 03
  In April This I saw on an April day: Warm rain spilt from a sun-lined cloud, A sky-flung wave of gold at evening, And a cock pheasant treading a ...
  

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  Poetry Pharmacy

  May 13
  Dear Poetry Pharmacy, The world needs as much help as we can give, so I try to get out and take a stand when I can. I would like to have a poem ...
  
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  Poetry Pharmacy: Poems for cabin fever

  Mar 06
  Dear Poetry Pharmacy, Forget April — March is a pretty cruel month here in Maine. How about a poem to help deal with a bad case of cabin ...
  

• A poem for Indigenous Peoples Day

  Oct 08
  "Earth Blessing" by Jack Manno May earth's song reach us in our deepest and wildest places. May it be heard as we move upon her, as we partake of ...
  

• April Poet's Corner

  Apr 04
  April, though never shy to surprise, is that month of miraculous transformations, be it toward the familiar or profoundly beyond expectations. ...
  

• Poetry Corner, first week of January

  Jan 03
  The new Belfast Poet Laureate is Toussaint St. Negritude. He brings to the position enormous talent, depth and vision. "Throughout and following ...
  

• Poetry Corner

  Nov 08
  A huge turnout, a profusion of programming and phenomenal participants made October's 10th annual Belfast Poetry Festival the biggest and best ...
  

• Poet's Corner — September

  Sep 04
  As I compile September's poetry column, despite the heady warmth of the last gasp of summer, an unmistakable crimson blush is topping a yard maple ...
  

• Poet's Corner — July 2014

  Jul 03
  Summer Met Me Summer met me in the glade, With a host of fair princesses, Golden iris, foxgloves staid, Sunbeams flecked their gorgeous dresses. Ro...
  

• Poet's Corner — May 2014

  May 01
  May Daze Is it possible May could be more than we’d bargained for? How do we forget the albino deer who startled us in the rain? Or that phoebe ...
  

• Poet's Corner — March

  Mar 06
  Birch and Crow “It’s not all black and white,” shrugs Birch, in the snowy dark. “Oh yes it is,” sez Crow, “and more is black like me! You’ll ...