Marie Harris

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A selection of prose pieces ranging from literary prefaces to articles in consumer magazines on a potpourri of subjects, many of which grow out of my travels with my photographer husband, Charter Weeks

Corvette Fever October 1992

March 4, 2016 Leave a Comment

Corvette Country: Vacation In Three Acts Martha’s Vineyard: the stage for a Corvette extravaganza (Photography by Charter Weeks) It doesn’t take three Corvettes to get to Martha’s Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. One car is sufficient to carry you from Woods Hole by ferry across Nantucket Sound and down the narrow, winding roads that […]

Filed Under: Essays & Articles, Words in Progress Tagged With: Charter Weeks photographer, Collaborations, Corvette, travel

Time Travel

January 23, 2016 Leave a Comment

Using a sextant on EYE OD THE WIND

As we fasten our seat belts in preparation for landing in Boston, our pilot announces that we are approximately 125 miles from Logan and will be at the gate in about 25 minutes. That 125 miles represents the distance we had traversed in any 24 hour period as we crossed the Atlantic on an eight-day […]

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Watching

January 11, 2016 Leave a Comment

We arrive at the dock to meet our Audubon guides an hour or so after dawn. We’re hauling coolers and backpacks crammed with extra layers, from fleece vests to windbreakers, which we begin to put on as the boat leaves the shelter of Rye Harbor and heads past the Isles of Shoals toward Jeffrey’s Ledge, […]

Filed Under: Essays & Articles Tagged With: birds, Essays

New England Farm Stay Vacations

September 15, 2011 Leave a Comment

Northeast FLAVOR Fall 2011

New England Farm Stay Vacations Rural Retreats to the Family Farm “It always amazes me how many people are discovering, for the first time, where their food actually comes from.” Jackie Caserta, proprietor of The Inn at Valley Farms, echoes the sentiments of the growing number of innkeepers and farmers throughout New England. We are […]

Filed Under: Essays & Articles Tagged With: Charter Weeks photographer, Collaborations

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A Poet for Your Bookshelf, Classroom, or Library

marieWelcome! Come on in and browse through my books of poetry, anthologies I’ve edited and in which my poems appear, and some essays and articles on subjects ranging from blue water sailing to New England farm stays to birding. You can also find photos of my collaborations with painters, sculptors, photographers and musicians. Listen to audio clips of a sampling of my voiceover work.

As a poet, I perform and teach at colleges & universities throughout the country, and in residencies in elementary and high schools, libraries, writers’ workshops and retreats, and senior centers. Read More…

Words in Progress

Walking Song

WALKING SONG …reminding herself that she was only an elderly woman who had got up too early in the morning and journeyed too far, that the despair creeping over her was merely her despair, her personal weakness, and that even if she got a sunstroke and went mad the rest of the world would go […]

My Brother is Gone from Us

Basil Harris (pictured with sister Anne, summer 2016) He died today. Farewell, sweet singer.

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