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Visiting the Skull Tower of Niš

A Poem by Jake Sheff
The Late Unpleasantness

A poem about the war and remembrance.
Why Marjorie? by Laura B. Hayden

The roundabout road that led me to start digging deep at the Woody Guthrie Archives began well over forty years before the site opened…

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The Capture of a Whale Off St. Annaland, Holland, Oct. 7, 1682

Poem by Joanie DiMartino
Silent Conversation with John Berryman by Melissa Gordon

An author visits the John Berryman Papers and feels the presence of the poet.
Mrs. Tinkham’s Cabin by Joanie DiMartino

A captain’s wife struggles with seasickness.
Angelus Novus

Holly Iglesias’s ekphrastic poem about Angelus Novus: “To ease the pain, he frees the Klee caged in his mind…”
Rattlesnake by Bridget Apfeld

On the mystery of the rattlesnake button at the Milwaukee Public Museum…
Ekphrastic Evolutions by Sally Flint

Writer Sally Flint discusses the creative, meandering process of writing an ekphrastic poem.
The Battle Between Carnival and Lent by Holly Iglesias

Holly Iglesias’s lively, ekphrastic poem responding to the painting The Battle Between Carnival and Lent.
Rumors at the Blackstone Canal by Lea Graham

A poem about Worcester’s storied past and hidden canal.
Quilting by Lisa A. Feintech

Discover the art of quilting, as author Lisa A. Feintech takes you on a journey about her experience and how quilting brought her “pride and pleasure.”