Poem A Day – Jan. 29, 2016
Alexandr Blok
David St. John
One snowy night I was smiled upon by Russian gods
& found myself at dinner opposite
The Moscow scholars a married couple – he only
the world’s ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 28, 2016
I Have This Way of Being
Jamaal May
I have this, and this isn’t a mouth
full of the names of odd flowers
I’ve grown in secret.
I know none of these by name
but have this ... Continue Reading →
Panthers’ weapons overwhelm opponents
By KEN MORSE
Special to the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer
Opponents are finding that the Pomperaug boys basketball team just has too many weapons to contend with. Normally a coach can ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 27, 2016
Hill Behind Finn’s House, Val Verde, January
Iris Cushing
How to get around it isn’t clear.
A thicket hedged across the road,
a high curve mass
of tumbleweeds.
Wind draws ... Continue Reading →
Lady Panthers gearing up for challenge
By KEN MORSE
Special to the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer
The Pomperaug girls’ basketball team is gearing up for the challenge as they head down the stretch of the season. With ... Continue Reading →
ZBA denies subdivision, accepts porch expansion for review
By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE
The Middlebury Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) at its Jan. 6 meeting denied a property subdivision on Kissewaug Road and accepted an application for a porch extension ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 26, 2016
Brewerytown
Iain Haley Pollock
This morning, the lovers –
who last night were slurring and stumbling
and when I looked out, each gripping
the other’s taut throat in a clench ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 25, 2016
Mud Season
Tess Taylor
We unstave the winter’s tangle.
Sad tomatoes, sullen sky.
We unplay the summer’s blight.
Rotted on the vine, black fruit
swings free of strings that ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 24, 2016
Aware
D. H. Lawrence
Slowly the moon is rising out of the ruddy haze,
Divesting herself of her golden shift, and so
Emerging white and exquisite; and I in amaze
See in the sky before ... Continue Reading →
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