It's time to announce the poetry open mic schedule for the beginning of 2014 , which takes place at the Belden Noble Memorial Library in Essex, NY. This free event will take place monthly at the library during the winter (maybe spring as well) and allows poets and poetry lovers a … [Read more...] about Library Poetry Open Mic Schedule
Poetry
Tom Warner’s Essex Gas Station
Tom Warner shared this wonderful watercolor painting on Facebook today. Do you recognize this Essex gas station? It's an evocative rendering that transports the viewer to a summer's day, looking north from the Essex Provisions parking lot. "Oh, how I love that little town of … [Read more...] about Tom Warner’s Essex Gas Station
Essex Library Poetry Open Mic
Thursday, December 19 at 7:00PM At the Belden Noble Memorial Library, Essex, NY Open mic poetry nights have begun again at the Belden Noble Library! If you missed the first one that's okay because the next event is coming soon. Though you can read a review of the event by … [Read more...] about Essex Library Poetry Open Mic
Essex, NY Not Just A Summer Town
Kathy Recchia recently shared her experience out on the town in Essex, NY one November evening. Recchia assumed that our little "summer town" offered little between Columbus Day and Memorial Day, but she is reconsidering her notion after discovering that Essex doesn't hibernate … [Read more...] about Essex, NY Not Just A Summer Town
Shooting the Split
"Shooting the Split" Layered with lime and a batter of wind An icing of green, glazed by cool water With mountains of garland On a silver blue dish We approach with awe, before the shooting the split I tasted it first When I was young And ever after As will my sons The … [Read more...] about Shooting the Split