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Todd DeGarmo

Miles Borden, "the First Man That You Meet"

April is National Poetry Month, so I thought I'd share a poem I found quite recently, along with a bit of family history. “He’s The First...

Tisha Dolton

The Woman Sits Here Knitting: Jeanne Robert Foster, Adirondack Poet

In celebration of National Poetry Month... Neighbors of Yesterday by Jeanne Robert Foster When I go the see her, I look about the room...

Tisha Dolton

A Poet Named Bronk: William Bronk, Hudson Falls Poet

UNNAMED from Some Words: Poems by William Bronk (1992) In the narrowest and most immediate view, we are named and identifiable as...

Tisha Dolton

Books of Poetry: Richard Carella, Hudson Falls Poet

Nothing Is Great from Book of Nothing by Richard Carella (2013) Nothing is great- nothing is so great it can not be contained; there is...

Tisha Dolton

A Neighbor of Yesterday: Jeanne Robert Foster, Adirondack Poet

I am dedicating my blog posts this month to local poets & poetry because April is National Poetry Month! The first featured Jonathan E....

Tisha Dolton

An Ode to the Falls of Dionondawa: A Poem by Jonathan Elihu Hoag

I have decided to dedicate my blog posts this month to local poets & poetry because April is National Poetry Month! I first learned...