I went for a walk along the Green River yesterday. The Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation keeps a trail along the bank not far from where I live, running up to the meeting of the Green River and the Hoosic, and it’s becoming one of my favorite places. The walk wanders […]
Read articleCharles Simic hones poetry with spectacle and attention
A man drops his glasses and staggers away, singing — or straps on an accordion to leap a waterfall. Vivid scenes condense here on a spring night, when Charles Simic reads his poetry at Bennington College.
Read articleTrout lilies bloom on Petersburg Pass
I’ve never seen anything else like it. Five of us met at Petersburg pass on a warm April morning for a walk in the hills … and the woods were covered and carpeted in trout lilies.
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