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Parker Snead authors Forestport poetry book

FullSizeRender2A new book, “From Forestport: A Poetry Collection,” by Parker Snead has been published and is available for purchase locally.

Snead, a resident poet from Forestport, features a unique style that he says is inspired by his time at sea, and the local people and life in the North Country.

The book is available at the Old Forge Hardware, Standard Supply Company in Otter Lake, and The Station Country Store at Forestport Station.

It is also available at The Forestport Diner and the Country Cabin Deli and Gift Shop in Forestport.

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Library to host Poetry/Illustration event, March 17

The awards ceremony and opening reception for the Old Forge Library’s Poetry and Illustration Exhibit will be held Tuesday, March 17 at 7 p.m.

According to Library Director Isabella Worthen, there were 129 illustration and 178 poetry entries received from Herkimer, Oneida and Madison Counties and the Town of Inlet.

Winners and honorable mentions who entered work following the theme, Mountains and Roots, will be announced by Emcee Michael Cunningham. All entries will remain on display in the library wing through May 16.

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Old Forge Library names judges for 2015 Poetry & Illustration Contest

Cory Card

Cory Card

Entries for the Old Forge Library’s annual Poetry and Illustration Exhibit, following the theme of Mountains and Roots, will be accepted from February 3  through  March 3.

MARY KATHRYN JABLONSKI

MARY KATHRYN JABLONSKI

Entries will be judged in four age categories: grades K to 4, grades 5 to 8, grades 9 to 12, and adult and is open to residents of Herkimer, Oneida and Madison counties and the Town of Inlet.

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Old Forge Library: Poetry & Illustration Contest Winners announced

Winners of the Old Forge Library’s annual Poetry and Illustration Contest were announced at an Opening Exhibit Reception at the library on Tuesday, March 25th.

BACK: Lillian Hansen, Macie Eisenhart, Fern Bick, Coral Williams, Jameson Pratt, Clifford Donovan and Logan Hodges. FRONT: Max Sinker, Gabriel Lutz, Ryleigh Northrop and Lydia Bartel.

BACK: Lillian Hansen, Macie Eisenhart, Fern Bick, Coral Williams, Jameson Pratt, Clifford Donovan and Logan Hodges. FRONT: Max Sinker, Gabriel Lutz, Ryleigh Northrop and Lydia Bartel.

This year’s contest carried the theme of “Times Gone By,” with over 100 illustration and 150 poetry entries received from throughout Herkimer, Oneida and Madison counties and the Town of Inlet—the largest number of entries to date, according to Library Director Isabella Worthen.

The judges for the poetry contest were Paula Roy and Paul Kocak and the judges for the illustrations were Martha Deming and Loretta Lepkowski.

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Library contest winners to be named, March 25

Winners of the Old Forge Library’s Poetry and Illustration Contest, “Times Gone By,” will be announced during an Opening Exhibit Reception, hosted by the Friends of the Library, on Tuesday, March 25 at 7 p.m.

Over 100 illustration and over 150 poetry entries were received from throughout Herkimer, Oneida and Madison counties and the Town of Inlet for this year’s contest.  Continue reading →

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Old Forge Library: Mel Macdonald to host open mic night for poets, writers

Local poet Melissa Macdonald invites area poets and writers to share their work at an Open Mic Night on Wednesday, February 15 at 7 p.m. at the Old Forge Library.

Macdonald, who will emcee and be a featured reader at the event, holds a BA in English with a minor in Creative Writing from Hartwick College in Oneonta. She was co-author of “Objects in the Mirror” a column with a focus on books and music that appeared in The Weekly Adirondack. Continue reading →

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Jake’s Pack Basket Blues by Sue Lemery (Adult)

Limp grey fox shawl,

Mothballs, glossy hatboxes,

Tossed on musty attic floor,

Cover the sun burnt wicker.

 

Jake lifts her gently,

Sets her on hickory workbench,

Wipes off fine attic dust,

Quietly talks to her.

 

She held all a man needed,

Thick red wool socks,

Brown knit deer sweater,

Quart of tomato beef stew.

 

Cold November, mid ‘50’s –

Jake, chilled and beaten,

Set her by campfire. Weary eyes,

Moist, saw her charred wicker.

 

April, 1958, he was old then,

A slick rock edge betrayed,

Stone bit man, pack—and wounded,

Her side, now feathered and torn.

 

Brown and frail, inside,

Woven into aged basket,

Autumn leaves remind him –

Forest trails that whispered.

 

Jake inhales longingly. He is there now,

Evergreens, morning rain,

Fiddleheads and cinnamon ferns,

Wood sorrel, evening campfire.

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