poetry
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Poet’s corner: That plaintive call
Late August There is this; the evening falls soonerin late August.In late August there is a chillonce the sun has lowered.The scent of the grasses is burnished,the pleas of…
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Young Writers Project: Esra Anzali & Siena Stanley
Young Writers Project is an independent nonprofit that engages students to write, helps them improve, and connects them with authentic audiences in newspapers, before live audiences, and online.…
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Clippings: Everyone should read Sufi poetry
Language possesses magic.Right now, much of its power is tuned toward harm. So much of the English language has been curled, hammered and molded around colonialism. Our stories…
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Letter to the editor: Reflections on July 4, 2021
About the 4thI take the 5thBecause of the 6th Yet on 2nd thoughtPerhaps I oughtDeclare the blameAnd name the names Who tweeted the tweetsWho took to the streetsRiled. Defiled. Went…
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Poet’s corner: Where moonlight finds you
How Difficult is It? I wouldn’t have guessed you’d love this form. And take it back into a cell’s darkness. Even the super moon can’t reach you.…
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Poetry: Life under a tiny roof, in the rain
The Usefulness of an Umbrella Few care about this ordinariness that spends summer days in the back of closets until a chiller wind whips in squalls and out…
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Poet’s corner: Of love and a house
Rorschach Test Shoulder blades of a house, one left, one right; both browned by afternoon suns. ~ ~ ~ Mouths of two bedroom windows, opened wide. ~ ~…
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This month in poetry: Words through the darkness
Excerpted from September 1, 1939 By W.H. Auden All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie, The romantic lie in the brain Of the…
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Video: Amanda Gorman reads her inauguration poem
Twenty-two-year-old poet Amanda Gorman read her poem, “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021.
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Poetry: Threads of light and silver
Silver Solstice By Cindy Hill Pale sun slides low across the silver sky and softly spins a thread of silver light to hold the force of day…
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Letter to the editor: Bristol resident waxes poetic about the season
Repeat the Sounding Joy. Repeat the Sounding Joy… I am stopped in my tracks by these timeless lyrics. Hoping they still mean there is something wonderful to repeat…
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Jack Mayer wins prize for book of poetry
Living here in Addison County, it’s a fair guess that most of us like nature; many of us might even say we “love it.” Whatever it is, we’re…
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This month in poetry: A cool autumn falling
Even Now Even now, the lion sculpture at Frog Hollow, the one made of so many old metal washers, shines as best it can in the subdued…
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Poetry: Back to school
For Addison County Teachers and Staff Nothing like the principal seeing you again, after so many months, walking down our school’s stairs. Looking up and saying “You look…
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Poem For the Jamaican Apple Pickers
Taken for the pickers The apples are used to those men, their hands, their songs. Used to rolling down their arms into baskets. Into crates.…
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Letter to the editor: Reader reacts to intolerance with poetic license
Editor’s note: The writer responds to an item in the July 30 edition of the Independent with a poem. From “Statement on Hacking Incident at Middlebury Selectboard Meeting”…