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Under the Legislature of Stars

Under the Legislature of Stars
$15.00
  • Publisher: Oyster River Press
  • Editor: Rick Agran, Hildred Crill, Mark DeCarteret
  • Available in: Paperback
  • ISBN: 1-882291-59-X
  • Published: January 8, 1999
Under the Legislature of Stars

62 New Hampshire Poets

Something lies in wait here for everyone, which is the true purpose of an anthology, ‘a miscellany, an assortment, or a catalog, as of complaints, comments, or ideas.’ Poems can be any or all of these. The word itself derives from the Greek for a gathering of flowers. …You will find thistles within as well, and bindweed, and even the rebarbative sting of nettle, which is as it should be.”  from the Introduction by Maxine Kumin

“As both poets and editors, we brought our own divergences to the selection process, differences on style and form, on ideas about what poetry is, does and should do when it’s presumably our common language, the love of which pulled us together in the first place. We aimed for a variety of voices that shared in a sense of daring and uniqueness…”  from the Editors’ Foreward

An unusually diverse and exciting collection which includes national prize-winners, national and state laureates, and lesser known poets.

“…a New Hampshire town meeting, the untried newcomers thrown together with the well-known regulars. Its variety of poetic voices reflect, interpret, and take positions in a lively exchange that benefits us all.”  Wesley McNair Maine Poet Laureate Emeritus

 

 

 


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A Poet for Your Bookshelf, Classroom, or Library

Welcome! 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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