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Old Worthen Christmas, 1975

December 25, 2023 by PaulM Posted in artist, Lowell, Poetry, Christmas in Lowell, Paul Marion 1 Comment

The Old Worthen by Richard Marion (litho print, ink drawing with watercolor, c. 1975, reprinted with permission of the artist). . Old Worthen Christmas . The good way Dan turned his head and dropped three nickels into the bent tambourine of the Salvation Army-man between sips of twenty-five-cent draft and…

‘Bone in the Throat,” New Poem by Paul Marion

November 15, 2023 by PaulM Posted in Lowell, Poetry, Paul Marion 9 Comments

Bone in the Throat (March 2021) By Paul Marion Web photo courtesy of CNBC . The vast container ship Ever Given from Malaysia, Bound for the Netherlands, stuck like a bone in the Throat of the Suez Canal, reminded me of dozens or A hundred random trailer trucks wedged under…

Please note schedule for author event

April 17, 2023 by PaulM Posted in Poetry, Literature, Paul Marion, Culture, Lowell Leave a Comment

SCHEDULE NOTE. I’ll be reading poems in the famous Moses Greeley Parker Lectures series on Saturday, April 29, AT 12 NOON (NOT 2 PM), at the Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack St, next to Lowell City Hall. The menu will include oldies and new work from books like “Union River”…

Laid Off

April 5, 2023 by DickH Posted in History, Lowell, The economy, Paul Marion 6 Comments

Laid Off By Paul Marion The following story by Paul Marion originally appeared on paulmarion.com with the title, “Laid Off,” a chapter from “Do You Think You’ll Ever Go Back?” (a memory book in progress). ONE OF MY PRE-SCHOOL MEMORIES is a composite of scenes with my father during the…