Winning Ways – The meaning of ‘wisdom’
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by Pat Iannuzzi
We often use words we think we understand until we try to define them. Then we realize it’s not so easy to explain them, even with the help of a dictionary. ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 13, 2016
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Key to the Kingdom
Ted Mathys
July 2016
This is the key to the kingdom, rustproof
nickel silver, cut in the hardware aisle
by a man in uniform on a rotating steel
carbide ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 12, 2016
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Notes on the Below
Ada Limon
– For Mammoth Cave National Park
Humongous cavern, tell me, wet limestone, sandstone caprock,
bat-wing, sightless translucent cave shrimp,
this ... Continue Reading →
It Happened in Middlebury – Middlebury’s religious institutions – Part 1
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
From the beginning, citizens living in the part of Waterbury that is now Middlebury were church goers. Religious ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 11, 2016
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The Garden
Helen Hoyt
Do not fear.
The garden is yours
And it is yours to gather the fruits
And every flower of every kind,
And to set the high wall about it
And ... Continue Reading →
Diversified Tax Tidbits – President-elect Trump and taxes
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by Mark A. Burns
With Donald Trump having won the election and with the Republican party controlling Congress, there is a good chance we will see some tax changes ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 10, 2016
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Historic Flaws
Bianca Stone
I am going to the mountains
where the alternating universe of autumn
descends over you at an erotic squat. Out of that blank
and meaningless ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 9, 2016
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Eros
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sense of the world is short, –
Long and various the report, –
To love and be beloved;
Men and gods have not outlearned it;
And, ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 8, 2016
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Lacquer Prints [By Messenger]
Amy Lowell
One night
When there was a clear moon,
I sat down
To write a poem
About maple trees.
But the dazzle of moonlight
In the ink
Blinded ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 7, 2016
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Accepting Heaven at Great Basin
Nathalie Handal
When you doubt the world
look at the undivided darkness
look at Wheeler Peak
cliffs like suspended prayers
contemplate the ... Continue Reading →
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