The Adirondack Art Association will host Essex author Jeff Moredock for a book reading and signing on Sunday, August 27th at 3:00PM. Jeff will read selections from Poems from Essex & Elsewhere, a collection composed over four decades that includes a dozen playful portraits of … [Read more...] about Jeff Moredock Book Launch 8/27 at Adirondack Art Association
Jeff Moredock
Down the Hill, Over the River, Up the Hill
As you drive north on route 22 Don’t drive too fast, but enjoy the view Wild flower field and trees galore Rock walls, lake views, and much much more Then voila’, you’re in Willsboro Look all around, be sure to be thorough A village of sort that one might forget As … [Read more...] about Down the Hill, Over the River, Up the Hill
It Takes All Kinds To Raise A Village
Two roads, a ferry, and a lake Do not a city make Nor hamlet so I read For hamlets have no churches Nor government to lead But the lovely intersection Of travel wet and dry Are perfect for the village That lives in my mind’s eye Now those who visit, those who … [Read more...] about It Takes All Kinds To Raise A Village
Excess Day in the Village of Essex
On the eve of Excess Day Husbands and wives Can be heard Bickering back and forth Trying to determine whose excess Must leave the house Husbands cling to old rods and reels Wives insist they need their curling irons Small children hide balls and dolls They haven’t … [Read more...] about Excess Day in the Village of Essex
The Annual Essex 4th of July Parade
Pulling itself together in the shadow of St. Phillip Wayne Bailey, a real trooper, calms the crowd "It won’t be long, any minute now" Entertains with comments on passers-by who catch his eye And then when the crowd has worked itself into A frenzy of frustration The parade … [Read more...] about The Annual Essex 4th of July Parade