Poem A Day – Sept. 16, 2016
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When America Cuts My Daughter’s Hair
Jenny Browne
every chair in the strip mall
salon where she rents
a little space of her own
reflects a face waiting
to make a change. ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Sept. 15, 2016
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White Lobelia
Stephen Burt
Little megaphones,
we hang out in the garden center and gossip
with the petunias three seasons a year.
With leaves too small to resemble
thumbs ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Sept. 14, 2016
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The Coal Picker
Amy Lowell
He perches in the slime, inert,
Bedaubed with iridescent dirt.
The oil upon the puddles dries
To colours like a peacock’s eyes,
And half-submerged ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Sept. 13, 2016
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A Visit to the Asylum
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Once from a big, big building,
When I was small, small,
The queer folk in the windows
Would smile at me and call.
And in the ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Sept. 12, 2016
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The Inward Morning
Henry David Thoreau
Packed in my mind lie all the clothes
Which outward nature wears,
And in its fashion’s hourly change
It all things else repairs.
In ... Continue Reading →
Pomperaug win shows power of belief
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By KEN MORSE
When Pomperaug junior quarterback Matt Lenczewski took a knee with 1:18 left on the clock Friday night at Ed Arum Stadium in Southbury, ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Sept. 11, 2016
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The Secret in the Mirror
Alberto Rios
The mirror is dirty from the detritus of dailiness –
I look in the mirror and am freckled.
A week out from being cleaned, maybe ... Continue Reading →
Today marks 15th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001
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Today, especially, we remember Sept. 11, 2001.
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Poem A Day – Sept. 10, 2016
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Letter to the Northern Lights
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
The light here on earth keeps us plenty busy: a fire
in central Pennsylvania still burns bright since 1962.
Whole squads ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury Boy Scout bottle drive Oct. 1
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Saturday, Oct. 1
Boy Scout Troop 5 Redeemable Bottle and Can Drive
What: Fundraiser to benefit Scout programs
When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Village Square Plaza at 530 ... Continue Reading →
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