Poem A Day – April 12, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Mid-Day
H.D.
The light beats upon me.
I am startled –
a split leaf crackles on the paved floor –
I am anguished – defeated.
A slight wind shakes the seed-pods ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – April 11, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Ota Benga at Edankraal
Yusef Komunyakaa
Maybe it was hog-killing time
when he arrived in Lynchburg,
Virginia, several lifetimes behind him,
the old smell of the monkey house
at ... Continue Reading →
Peter Ernest Smith Obituary
Brother of Marilee Dabkowski
Peter Ernest Smith, 55, of Lebanon, Conn., passed away March 5, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford after a courageous battle with a long illness.
He ... Continue Reading →
Marlene C. Kasidas Obituary
Loving wife, mother and grandmother
Mrs. Marlene C. (Charette) Kasidas, 74, of Watertown passed away Thursday, April 7, at Waterbury Hospital after a six-month courageous battle ... Continue Reading →
Khalil A. Bashawaty Obituary
Mr. Khalil Abdullah Bashawaty, 76, of Middlebury passed away April 5, 2016 at Waterbury Hospital.
Khalil Bashawaty was born in Deddeh, El-Koura, Lebanon on April 9, 1939, to ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – April 9, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
The neighbor’s buddy watching my screen through the window
francine j. harris
Because the tube is turned to the window, the neighbor’s buddy coughs
a cough of ... Continue Reading →
Pomperaug laxmen unload on Stratford
By KEN MORSE – Special to the #MIDDLEBURY Bee-Intelligencer #REGION15
The rivalry between the Pomperaug and Stratford boys’ lacrosse teams was evident right from the first ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – April 8, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Blind Boone’s Apparitions
Tyehimba Jess
John William Boone (1864-1927) world-renowned Ragtime pianist.
C
my motto for life
– merit, not sympathy, wins –
my ... Continue Reading →
Mrs. Edith Carbonari Obituary
#MIDDLEBURY
Edith Frances (Ardolino) Carbonari, 87, of Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of Woodbridge, Conn., died peacefully on March 31, 2016, after a brief illness. She is survived by ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – April 7, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Transit
Rita Dove
If music be the food of love, play on.
-Alice Herz-Sommer, survivor of the Theresienstadt ghetto / concentration camp
This is the house that music built:
each ... Continue Reading →
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