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Category: Featured Writing

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Spring Peeping by Duane L. Herrmann

I know it is springwhen warm enoughSpring Peepers singthe whole night long.As air warmsthey sing brieflybut then retreatto burrows and holes.Spring is comingbut not yet here.Trees still bare,wind blows harsh,with … Continue reading Spring Peeping by Duane L. Herrmann

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

I Lost My Country by Yvona Fast 

Yvona Fast's poem "I Lost My Country"

March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

EVERY UN-NATIONAL BORDER by Duane L. Herrmann

Every national bordershould be monumentto forgetting division, suspicionand efforts to controlothers. A border should benothing morethan an idea,a minor convenience,for counting peopleso to help them.Un-national borders abound:between cities, neighborhoods,and other … Continue reading EVERY UN-NATIONAL BORDER by Duane L. Herrmann

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Would You Like to Be a Prostitute? by Leslie Sittner

“Hey, has anyone heard the rumor that Mike Nichols is filming some night scenes for “Catch 22” down the hill in Trastevere?”     Someone else speaks up, “Yeah, it’s … Continue reading Would You Like to Be a Prostitute? by Leslie Sittner

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

The Amsterdam Palace by Cristine Betters

It was 1991 and I was in my early twenties, finishing up an undergraduate degree at the University of Miami.  I inhabited a small studio in a dilapidated Mediterranean-style apartment … Continue reading The Amsterdam Palace by Cristine Betters

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

A Day in Court, or Something Like That by Duane L Herrmann

I was in my mid-twenties, with no interactions with the legal system, when I was asked by the employer of a friend to observe a court settlement and report the … Continue reading A Day in Court, or Something Like That by Duane L Herrmann

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

2 Poems by Janet Burl

the ghost of… forgotten yet herewho remembers me aliveonce a heart beating scaredwhy are we here look there he’s just a boydoesn’t know why just told pointand shoot -they’re bad he’stold-anyone … Continue reading 2 Poems by Janet Burl

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Counting Cows by Duane L Herrmann

     “Anyone want to go with me to count cows?”  My father would ask as he stept into the house and looked around to see who might be there. … Continue reading Counting Cows by Duane L Herrmann

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

I Have Three Birthdays by June Kosier

 â€śIf your Birthday is on Christmas day and you're not Jesus, you should start telling people your birthday is on June 9 or something. Just read up on the traits … Continue reading I Have Three Birthdays by June Kosier

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