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A LOVE LETTER TO THE PIONEER VALLEY by Joshua Michael Stewart

Posted on June 3, 2020June 23, 2021

photo by Chanel Dubofsky Joshua Michael Stewart lives in Ware, Massachusetts in Hampshire County, and is a Straw Dog Writers Guild Member. His poems have been published in the Massachusetts Read More

Impermanence by Jennifer Delozier

Posted on June 2, 2020June 23, 2021

Jennifer Delozier lives in Hampshire County with her husband, Greg and memories of their dog, Jesse. She’s a nature photographer, an organic gardener, and a dedicated writer and poet. Impermanence Read More

The Sorrow of Animals and Ourselves by David Giannini

Posted on June 1, 2020June 23, 2021

David Giannini’s most recent books include The Future Only Rattles When You Pick It Up; In a Moment We May Be Strangely Blended, and Mayhap ( Dos Madres Press 2018; Read More

Semantics by Alice Knox Eaton

Posted on May 31, 2020June 23, 2021

Alice Knox Eaton teaches literature and writing at Springfield College. She keeps a blog on occasion, usually in April, at aliceinbloggingland.com. Her memoir is out at contests and a publisher. Read More

COVID-33 1/3 by Scott Hume

Posted on May 30, 2020June 23, 2021

Scott Hume is a retired journalist and Straw Dog member living now in Wisconsin following 40 years in Chicago. He holds an M.A. in Literature from the University of Chicago Read More

House Arrest in the Time of Covid by Margaret Allard

Posted on May 29, 2020October 1, 2021

Margaret Allard, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, has thrived in the Hampshire County Hilltowns for more than forty years. While teaching many grade levels and supporting micro businesses at Read More

Contagion by Patricia D. Pin

Posted on May 28, 2020October 1, 2021

An alumna of VCFA’s MFA program and a Berkshire resident, Patricia D. Pin explores pandemic and viral language used in media covering COVID-19 as “the enemy”. Her poem, “Contagion” considers Read More

Corona by Kathie Fiveash

Posted on May 27, 2020October 1, 2021

Katherine Fiveash is a naturalist, teacher, homesteader, and writer. She divides her year between Florence, Massachusetts (Hampshire County), and Isle au Haut, Maine, a remote, unbridged island in Penobscot Bay. Read More

Social Contact by Sarah Ritter

Posted on May 26, 2020October 1, 2021

Photo credit – Helena Lopez Sarah Ritter is a Straw Dog Writers Guild member from CT. In 2019, she published her first poetry collection: “Inspirations, Transformations and Revelations: A Poetic Read More

LADYBUG, LADYBUG by Brooks Robards

Posted on May 25, 2020October 1, 2021

Brooks Robards writes poetry, nonfiction and fiction. Her 15 books include the poetry collections “Fishing the Desert” (2015) and “On Island” (2014). She writes movie reviews and profiles for newspapers Read More

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