Tag: Ellen Dore Watson

• Friday Miscellany.

  The Marine Honor Guard attended Uncle Joe’s funeral — “Taps” is the most devastating music — you respond viscerally, instantly. Even as we mourned, though, I was glad that they came, that they honored him, that he was remembered. Funerals, memorial services — they’re important. That kind of communal grief is comforting, the communal recognition…

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  February 8, 2008

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• Ellen Doré Watson

  I’m pressed for time, so here’s just a taste of Ellen’s newest book of poems, This Sharpening: House, the Verb The body houses what the heart won’t let loose Loosening gives way to love Oh birds happy in their feathers Something sometimes happens The heart’s lurch, stop-and-go traffic A crash course in tighten That the…

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  February 6, 2008

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• Collected Poets Series

  For those of you in the area, it’s that time again: the next reading in the Collected Poets Series is this Thursday, 7:30pm at the usual spot, Mocha Maya’s in Shelburne Falls. This month, our featured readers are Ellen Doré Watson and Kimberley Rogers. Ellen Doré Watson serves as Director of the Poetry Center at…

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  February 4, 2008

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