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Moby-Dick Marathon
The Bedford Whaling Museum presents their annual reading of Moby-Dick, or The White Whale.
Transcendentalism and the Problem of Misquotation
Above one of the classroom doors in my high school, there’s a well-known quote credited to Thoreau that so many of us have heard over the years: “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagine.” No doubt, it’s a beautiful sentiment. And yet every time I pass that classroom, I …
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Orchard Song
Here’s one more poem for April, National Poetry Month, and especially for these “damp and foggy” days in the northern tier of Pennsylvania.
John Corrigan
April is National Poetry Month, and I didn’t want the month to pass by without posting something historical thatI’ve written about Montrose. This poem is one of my favorites, and writing it, became a springboard for the rest of my poems about Montrose.
