poetry
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Letter to the editor: In honor of John Lewis
“Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” — John Lewis, 2018 Good Trouble 1960, Nashville You, John, just twenty years…
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Letter to the editor: Another incident shows white people’s privilege
The We of Rayshard Brooks Isn’t it a privilege to fall asleep in the front seat of your car, pass out, some nights, from a night…
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Letter to the editor: We will be alright
As I sit here, a grandmother and a great-grandmother, in the middle of this pandemic, a time we have never had to deal with before, I watch how…
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Poetry: I’m Ashamed
I am ashamed at what has been happening in our nation lately, disregard for human life, property and safety. I am ashamed at being born white, living…
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Poetry: Housebound
Lucy Poduschnik, a seventh grade student at Middlebury Union Middle School wrote these two poems, Her words reflect the experience that she and many of her peers are…
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A local poet finds inspiration in isolation
MIDDLEBURY — Miriam Hardy has spent the majority of her 84 years writing poetry. Like her great-aunt and her mom before her, Hardy has enjoyed writing odes to people,…
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Letter to the editor: Loss of my senior year
7:00 o’Clock Pajamas on and belly full I sat on the edge of my bed Learning the news of my year half written Boatloads of posts and texts…
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Poetry: The Space Between
The space between The night and day The middle ground that does not stay In the day, the shining sun pierces through my squinting eyes.…
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Poetry: 2020 Plague
(Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) – Chipman Hill – 4/7/20) I sing these trails of my homeland, with elegiac footfalls on layers of fallen foliage. A green-yellow striped…
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Poet’s Corner: An unexpected music
Unlocking But it is not always quiet here. Things go on while we sleep the sleep of soldiers. Ancient branches crack and splinter into dust. Large wings snap…
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Poetry: Cynanthropic Daze
We have all become our dogs it seems, Stirring at first light To these Groundhog Day mornings, All is the same and all is different So eager for…
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‘Consolation’ – A poem by Gary Margolis
Consolation Don’t expect my friend Karl Lindholm to be sitting next to you at the end of a close basketball game. The clock winding down to red, double…
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Poetry: Everyone in the world
I could be thinking of almost anyone Today it’s the midfielder who has to say Goodbye to his teammates, without Having played half of the season. Who…
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Rajnii Eddins performs poetry in Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY — The Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury will join the local chapter of SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) to present an important and powerful…
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Poetry: Write-in
I’m running for the first time for First Constable in my town of Cornwall Vermont. Sue Johnson, our Town Clerk, tells me the duties are non-existent, …
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Ted Scheu’s poem to be preserved in concrete
MIDDLEBURY — Ted Scheu, by his own count, has written thousands of poems in his 65 years. The prolific writer, educator and children’s poet has a flair for…