Can anyone—can you––write a poem? “Ab-so-lute-ly yes!” Bedminster-based Hayden Saunier exclaims with conviction. “Just don’t expect the first one to be …
Evie Lee is poetry in motion, and who knows how far her talents will take her. So far, so good. A native of New York City, the 16-year-old, a boarding student at the Solebury School, where she is a …
The first time I saw my father embrace my mother was when she struggled through cancer. Framed in my mind is a wild-haired woman in a limp flannel gown, held stiffly in Father’s heavy hands at the end …
The Salon at Phillips’ Mill presents its first poetry reading at the Mill, 2619 River Road, New Hope, at 7 p.m. June 20.This is an informal poetry reading of both published and unpublished works. …
Poet’s Corner is curated by Bucks County Poet Laureate Tom Mallouk and supported by a grant to the Bucks County Herald Foundation made possible by Marv and Dee Ann Woodall.
Frenchtown Bookshop, 28 Bridge St., Frenchtown, N.J., continues its First Saturday Poetry series with featured poet Shawn R. Jones, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Jones is a Pushcart Prize nominee, and her …
Luminary Coffee, 243 N. Union St., Lambertville, will host award-winning poet Douglas Piccinnini of Frenchtown to celebrate the release of “Beautiful, Safe & Free” (New Books), his second …
A community poetry writing workshop led by Yardley Borough resident and Bucks County Poet Laureate Emeritus Corie Feiner will be held 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The event is being held at the Gather Place …
Some objects are beyond repair: a shattered glassan obsolete computer, an old wife who mustbe swapped for one who’s younger, cutera home exploded by a storm, a busted reputationa banged-up auto …
I am from the huge woods and the sparkling grass to the smell of the pine trees. I am from the glistening color changing leaves, the jungle of pretty flowers and the dirty smell of mulch. I am from …
When he rises first, steps downstairs softly in darkness to stir up the fire, start coffee, and the dog, who’s slept heavy as my dead across the end of the bed, rises and follows, when both cats …
N. Jean Toomer (1894-1967) / Black History Month. N. Jean Toomer was an acclaimed poet and novelist, an African American whose work is commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance and modernism. …
My wife arrives to find me unexpectedly at home. After three questions she says I am getting on her nerves. This is not the first time. I tell her I got a haircut, and she tells me I have so little hair it …
