Poem A Day – July 26, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY The Way One Animal Trusts Another Carl Phillips Somewhere between what it feels like, to be at one with the sea, and to understand the sea as mere context for the boat whose ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 25, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY WWE Fatimah Asghar Here’s your auntie, in her best gold-threaded shalwaar kameez, made small by this land of american men. Everyday she prays. Rolls attah & pounds ... Continue Reading →

Conservation Commission approves three applications, denies car wash

#MIDDLEBURY #CONSERVATIONCOMMISSION By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Conservation Commission (CC) at its June 28 meeting unanimously approved subdivision and wetland permits ... Continue Reading →

P&Z approves garage, schedules car wash hearing

#MIDDLEBURY By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) at its July 7 meeting unanimously approved a garage for a cottage at Tyler Cove. It also ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 24, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Tender Buttons [Dirt and Not Copper] Gertrude Stein Dirt and not copper makes a color darker. It makes the shape so heavy and makes no melody harder. It makes mercy and ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury police chief alerts residents to break-ins

#MIDDLEBURY #POLICE #BURGLARIES In the wake of two home burglaries in Middlebury, Acting Police Chief Fran Dabbo asks Middlebury residents to call the police at 203-577-4028 if they ... Continue Reading →

Sunday Brass City Cruisers Car Show to Benefit Rose Hope

#BRASSCITYCRUISERS #CARSHOW #SOUTHBURY #MIDDLEBURY The Brass City Cruisers Car Show to benefit the Rose Hope Rescue Inc. Pet Adoption Center in Southbury will be Sunday, July 24, from ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 23, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Sonnet Wallace Stevens Lo, even as I passed beside the booth Of roses, and beheld them brightly twine To damask heights, taking them as a sign Of my own self still unconcerned ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 22, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Thought Poem for Victor Martinez (Undelivered) Juan Felipe Herrera You said: What you wrote (at this moment – here) was being written by someone somewhere else at ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 21, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Employment Nathaniel Bellows At the time the time felt well spent but now I see it was wasted. Not a waste – it just had no point – no shape – no hourglass’ ... Continue Reading →