CARL RUSSO/Staff photo – The sign on the Lawton’s building at Canal Street and Broadway in Lawrence has been redone as “Lawrence Famous Franks” in a style similar to the original. Bedeviled by an ever-weakening embankment, constant canal-related shut-downs, proposed plans of Enel and a kerfuffle over stand ownership, Joanne Curley…
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. rainy night a hole in the radio where a ballgame should be . —Ed Markowski (c) 2007
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Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent along this thoughtful essay: I do not believe that I have ever been more concerned about the fate of our country than I am right now. I just finished particpating in a Donald Trump designed poll which showed that the flashy, and person who will…
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Hear WBZ Radio’s Carl Stevens read his poem for opening day at Fenway, urging the Red Sox to put their playing shoes on and win.
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An acquaintance recently sent me this picture of a rework by the author himself of O Captain! My Captain! written by Walt Whitman. Whitman wrote this poem shortly after the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and it considered one of his greatest. I find just seeing the changes written…
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. river will give and give until it takes away water pours heartless . —Sean Thibodeau (c) 2011
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With a nod to the Pollard Memorial Library blog, here’s a contribution to National Poetry Month that celebrates my favorite pasttime – reading books: There is no frigate like a book There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away Nor any coursers like a page Of…
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As we approach Monday’s celebration of Lowell’s 150th anniversary as a city, I pulled out a booklet I have from the 1926 Centennial Observance of Lowell’s incorporation as a town. The booklet contains many things, but most interesting to me was a brief survey of many of the city’s major…
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