Bob Ferguson of www.LLIChesterfield.org wrote a tribute to the Iron City. He explains the setting of the poem below. In class, he mentioned that he was familiar with this area
Category: Poetry
Ode to the Woodchuck
I recently wrote a blog called “Why is the Blue Rainbow Laughing.” It was about a poetry workshop I am leading at Lifelong Learning Institute in Chesterfield, Virginia. I asked
Why is the Laughing Rainbow Blue? Conducting a New Poetry Workshop
Our Director, Rachel Ramirez, thought that my Poetry Appreciation and Writing Workshop was the first one held on that subject at Lifelong Learning Institute in Chesterfield, Virginia (www.LLIChesterfield.org). Nine students
Poetry in Motion: My Baby Thinks He’s a Train
In the fall 2015 term at the Lifelong Learning Institute of Chesterfield (LLI-Chesterfield.org,), I taught a class on The Poetry of 1940’s Songs. In it, we discussed how some songs
FOR EMILY DICKINSON: WHAT PRECIOUS MOULDERING PLEASURE?
There is no poet I enjoy as much as Emily Dickinson. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts and lived there her whole life from 1830-86). Although she is one of
