A lovely evening with artists and writers in the Library Garden.
Category: Cross Keys Inn
Do Not Go Gentle into That Work-shop
If you search and find a poetry workshop near you, I hope you can go into it, not gently, but with the passion of Dylan Thomas, who wrote for his blind, dying father the poem on which the title of this post is based. And if you think that’s cheesy, well, I hope you’ll forgive…
Fun with Metrics? I Certainly Hope So
Oops! I just noticed as I looked two posts back that I had promised to share the poems we went over at the last Cross Keys Poetry Society gathering, and already the next one is upon us tomorrow night. So I’ll be brief and just share a few notes that I sent out to the…
“Trouble Needs a Home,” by Tori Amos
A day late for a Saturday song, but what’s the point of letting the calendar rule us, right? I’m heading to Philadelphia in just a while to see Tori Amos in concert for the second time. I’ve had a few boyfriends who really loved her music, but Brian took the time to introduce me to…
Poetry Exercises: Words, Sounds and Imitation
I have been posting about the new poetry group that we’ve started at the local library where I find myself so happily employed. Please click back to the last couple posts for a lot more info. And I thought I’d mention this to you, see if you want to try it. It’s an exercise I’ve…
CROSS KEYS POETRY RECAP–JULY, 2014–PART 2
So I told you about the new Cross Keys Poetry Society at the library where I work here in my tiny town of Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Click here for part 1 of the story (It’s pretty short, and worth it for the background). I want to post updates about the progress and activities of this part-workshop-part-reading-group…
David J. Bauman 