Article updated March 10, 2019 by Dave Conlin Read Except for Love; New England Poets Inspired by Donald Hall, will be published on June 23rd, the first anniversary of his death at 89. Included is my poem Afterparty, which I shared with the former Poet Laureate during a six year acquaintance that began in 2012. […]
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No better way to celebrate getting to 70 while yet fit enough to remain upright for hours at a time, regardless the terrain! Matthew and I first checked out the new boardwalk installed by the Berkshire Natural Resources Council just off Undermountain Rd. in Lenox. It affords access to sweeping views of Parson’s Marsh, which […]
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No way would I have learned about the Oct. 6 concert at Hancock Shaker Village performed by Paul Muldoon, with Rogue Oliphant if I hadn’t escorted my sisters to the environs of Joe’s Diner, on the last day of their week at Oak and Spruce, Maggie’s timeshare. So, be kind to your sisters and good […]
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Poems aimed toward the market are to be kept from the sort of view hereby afforded, much to my chagrin, so let’s put on a happy face and list titles of poems I’ve worked on recently. Whatever “recently” means! Ars Poetica, v 18.10, Ars Poetica, v 18.10a, Cape Cod Post Card In Sight of Music […]
Continue ReadingReplenishment at Maggie’s
Maggie threw a 7 day party at her posh Berkshires retreat and we had a blast: Maggie, Mary, Phran, Cate, Kyle, Ryan, Cameron, Scarlett, Clover, Tristan, Matthew, Maureen, and me. It was a week that’ll replenish me for a year, the year thus far being fun-filled, and interesting, a new sort of sadness losing a […]
Continue ReadingRemembering Donald Hall, first thoughts
June 26, 2018 – When the email announcing Donald Hall’s death arrived Sunday morning, I was drafting a letter to him, which would include a blank bookplate for him to sign, for my pre-ordered copy of A Carnival of Losses; Notes Nearing Ninety, which the publisher may be rushing to bookstores now. In a letter […]
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