Poem A Day – Dec. 29, 2016
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What Is It You Feel I Asked Kurt
Diane Seuss
What is it you feel I asked Kurt when you listen to
Ravel’s String Quartet in F-major, his face was so lit up
and I wondered, ... Continue Reading →
Dr. Bernard F. Oemcke Obituary
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Dr. Bernard F. Oemcke, 86, of Southbury returned to the Lord on Dec. 26 surrounded by his loving wife, Jean, and their children in the comfort of his home.
Born Oct. 31, ... Continue Reading →
House fire takes man’s life
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Middlebury Police Chief Fran Dabbo reports the Dec. 27 house fire at 165 Whittemore Road in Middlebury claimed the life of William Harrison, who was in his ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 28, 2016
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Silence
Marianne Moore
My father used to say,
“Superior people never make long visits,
have to be shown Longfellow’s grave
or the glass flowers at Harvard.
Self-reliant ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 27, 2016
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Cattail History
Noah Warren
The lake dry; it seethes.
Rust creeps through
brittle reeds, seeps into
the rustling seed-heads –
one stalk bows
beneath the weight
of ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 26, 2016
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Evergreen
Rob Schlegel
I whisper to the tree, the tree,
the murmuring Tree
“I might take action”
Is romantic
Snow sun melts into streams increasing in volume
I ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 25, 2016
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from “Please Bury Me in This”
Allison Benis White
Now my neighbor through the wall playing piano, I imagine, with her eyes closed.
When she stops playing, she ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 24, 2016
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Sea-Heroes
H.D.
Crash on crash of the sea,
straining to wreck men; sea-boards, continents,
raging against the world, furious,
stay at last, for against your fury
and your ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Dec. 23, 2016
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Song of the Open Road, IV
Walt Whitman
The earth expanding right hand and left hand,
The picture alive, every part in its best light,
The music falling in where it is wanted, ... Continue Reading →
Bennett Family to perform at Middlebury Convalescent Home
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The Bennett Family will perform their annual Christmas concert at Middlebury Convalescent Home Friday, Dec. 23, 2106, at 2:30 pm. The residents, staff and families always ... Continue Reading →
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