Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Linda Aldrich of Cape Elizabeth. Her most recent book is “March and Mad Women,” published by Cherry Grove Press.   Penmanship By Linda Aldrich   “When we examine a nest, we place ourselves at the origin of confidence in the world.” Gaston Bachelard   I. A […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Thomas Moore of Belfast. The poem is from his collection “The Bolt Cutters,” published by Hemlock Press.   Maine Burial Plot By Thomas Moore   Granite posts square a God’s acre, a tiny Plot of blueberries and asters beside a crushed- Stone drive to three new […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is Cassie Pruyn, a New Orleans-based writer, born and raised in Portland, Maine. A graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars, she is the author of “Bayou St. John: A Brief History,” published by The History Press 2017, and “Lena,” winner of the Walt McDonald First-Book Prize in Poetry, […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by former Maine Poet Laureate Betsy Sholl. Her most recent book is “Otherwise Unseeable,” published by Wisconsin Poetry Series.   Two for a Penny By Betsy Sholl   Little sparrow, how easy to disparage you, Ubiquitous as you are, fidgeting from thicket To thicket along the block. […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by David A. Conary of Bryant Pond.   The Colding By David A. Conary   Gnarled branches, clutching, seeking any heat, Stark-webbed across a grayling dawn; What sky I saw was glacial . . . summer gone . . . Reflecting only winter at its feet. And […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Susann Pelletier of Lewiston.   For my Grandmother, Marie-Anne Maillet By Susann Pelletier   Memere, If you were alive This morning I would bring you (In your cool kitchen) A bowl Of red raspberries. You would put down Your book and say, “Qu’elles sont belles!” (“How […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Claire Hersom of Winthrop. Her most recent book is “Dreamscape,” published by Moon Pie Press.   Winter Song By Claire Hersom   Arctic air finally froze Maranacook, crackly white, milky blue. Ice shacks inch out from the coves toward the lake center, Snowmobilers follow, challenging the […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Robin Merrill of Madison Maine. Her most recent book is “Almost Touching: New and Selected Poems.”   Ferris Rhubarb By Robin Merrill   My first spring in the old house, the snow meltedand underneath fifty years’ worth of tenants’cigarette butts, dog poop, and old-fashioned trashleft by […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Bob MacLaughlin of Clifton. His most recent book is “Faulty Wiring” published by Moon Pie Press.   At War With The Town Snow Plow By Bob MacLaughlin   I know it waits, its engine idling, Up the road Around the bend Out of sight While I shovel […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Michalene Hague of Otisfield and of The Mountain Poets’ Society of Norway.   Foothills By Michalene Hague   Steep slope of boulders Stumbling below calm quarry Tumbles the footloose.   Always stones.   Scarred woodlots, skidder Tracks – hewn plots and rutted paths Root destination.   […]