"To match the 'is' and the 'ought' is one of the great philosophical conundrums, but it is the most urgent questions poets, and all of humanity on whose behalf they speak, are having to face today." From her essay "Embodiment and Poetry" in Poetry Ireland News, January/February 2012 … [Read more...]
Solace in the boughs
Wilmette solace
This needlepoint portrait of 1517 Forest, Wilmette, IL, circa 1980, was done by Ruth Pollard Sutcliffe; photograph "Wilmette Solace" © Ellen Wade Beals … [Read more...]
Helen Hunt Jackson
"O Heart, when Love's sun goes To northward, and the sounds of singing cease, Keep warm by inner fires, and rest in peace. Sleep on content, as sleeps the patient rose. Walk boldly on the white untrodden snows, The winter is the winter's own release." Helen Hunt Jackson from "January" … [Read more...]
Don’t forget — this Thursday!
Wilmette Public Library 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette Thursday, January 26 at 7:30 pm Featuring Wilmette writer J. Scott Smith, along with contributors Joan Corwin, Pamela Miller, Pat Rahmann, D. J. Lachance and editor Ellen Wade Beals. Come hear these distinguished writers share their poetry, fiction and essays. … [Read more...]
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