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Tag: Responding II – 2020

September 3, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Responding II - 2020

Masked, bandaged and waiting by Joni Youse

For my daddy, to tell me if there is a brother or a sisterFor my mommy, she helps me to patch up my blisterFor my brother, oh no, I set … Continue reading Masked, bandaged and waiting by Joni Youse

September 3, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Responding II - 2020

Sky Gazing by Fran Yardley

Dragonflies flit, birds here and gone.A white cloud appears, dissolves.Another thickens, floats on by.Dawning sense of three dimensionalityIn the skyIn myself,A swelling inside. I am that three dimensionality.A moment of … Continue reading Sky Gazing by Fran Yardley

September 3, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Responding II - 2020

In the beginning by Jennifer Weston

Joanne is in her living room alone. She is working on the sofa in front of her TV (which is on the news channel with the sound just audible. The … Continue reading In the beginning by Jennifer Weston

September 3, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Responding II - 2020

Rayshard Recalls by Charles Watts

Does it cost more to die on Friday night?You know, overtime for the ambulance, emergencyRoom, pathologist, mortician, or is thereA Friday night special for folks from the slumFree bullets if … Continue reading Rayshard Recalls by Charles Watts

September 3, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Responding II - 2020

My Porch in the Time of Coronavirus by Eleanor Sweeney

I have taken to my porch. I hardly go anywhere else this summer. But friends come and sit there with me, and we visit for hours and watch the world … Continue reading My Porch in the Time of Coronavirus by Eleanor Sweeney

September 3, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Responding II - 2020

My summer vacation by Brandon Sward

My quarantine has been a privileged one. I live most of the year in the flat humid desolation of Middle America, where I’m paid to sound profound. Scarcely a week … Continue reading My summer vacation by Brandon Sward

September 3, 2020September 4, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Responding II - 2020

The World is Upside-Down by Carla Swett Stockton

Every night from March through July, as the pandemic raged beneath my seventh floor Harlem apartment, I fantasized returning to Saranac Lake. To block out the incessant wail of the … Continue reading The World is Upside-Down by Carla Swett Stockton

September 3, 2020September 4, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Responding II - 2020

St. Regis and Buck Pond by Matthew Schechter

It was foggy the morning I wanted to hike St Regis, so I went for coffee nearby. I saw someone’s grandma at the deli’s Green Mountain Coffee dispenser. Her mask … Continue reading St. Regis and Buck Pond by Matthew Schechter

September 3, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Responding II - 2020

The Woman in the Red Scarf Goes Wild by Jana Rose

In late June, I met a boy in a field. I was lying in the grass, wearing a red scarf draped over my face, and when he arrived, I lifted … Continue reading The Woman in the Red Scarf Goes Wild by Jana Rose

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How can you be sure spring has sprung in the North Country? Write about the signs of spring you’ve noticed lately, and which ones you’re still waiting to see.

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