Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Michalene Hague of Otisfield.   You Asked By Michalene Hague   Give me silence – moments of snow, wind-rippled like drifting desert sand, hollows carved like couches for contemplation.   Give me quiet – minutes of fresh-cut grass, its fragrance filling the space of spring, before, like […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by David Stankiewicz, whose most recent book is “My First Beatrice,” published by Moon Pie Press.   A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fisherman By David Stankiewicz   Lying still on the dock, his face so close to the surface he looks right through his own reflection, […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Nancy Ann Schaefer of Bridgton. It was first published in “In Search of Lode.”   Barefoot in Maine By Nancy Ann Schaefer   All pain and pleasure is where you put your attention. —Deepak Chopra   Walking along pale pebbled beach cool saline breeze lone seagull […]

Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Ed Reilly, who taught for over 30 years at St. Joseph’s College in Windham.   A COW’S TONGUE By Ed Reilly   A cow’s tongue is like sandpaper on a hand, scraping across it to draw a fist of oats, kernels of corn, into its mouth. […]