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POEM: It’s a hard knock life for a bug
Emily Baer 6/3/26 Emily Baer 6/3/26

POEM: It’s a hard knock life for a bug

Poet Linda Swift on the short and frenzied life of a bug

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POEM: Chasing a chicken with ‘a mind of her own’
Emily Baer 6/3/26 Emily Baer 6/3/26

POEM: Chasing a chicken with ‘a mind of her own’

Patricia Ranzoni, Bucksport’s former poet laureate, on following a chicken to ‘a sweeter place to be’

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POEM: ‘It’s party-time and you’re the snack!’
Emily Baer 5/26/26 Emily Baer 5/26/26

POEM: ‘It’s party-time and you’re the snack!’

Poet Linda Swift on the ‘frenzied dance’ of spring

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POEM: “The man called it a mortar and pedestal”
Emily Baer 5/12/26 Emily Baer 5/12/26

POEM: “The man called it a mortar and pedestal”

Sometimes, you “just have to let sleeping dogs lay”

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POEM: An ode to rhubarb, “Queen of Tart”
Emily Baer 5/11/26 Emily Baer 5/11/26

POEM: An ode to rhubarb, “Queen of Tart”

Blue Hill poet Kathie Burnett shares an ode to rhubarb

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POEM: Remebering Devereux’s ice cream parlor
Emily Baer 5/5/26 Emily Baer 5/5/26

POEM: Remebering Devereux’s ice cream parlor

Patricia Ranzoni, Bucksport’s former poet laureate, remembers a 1930s ice cream parlor in Castine

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POEM: “Each fresh sweet shade a shooting star”
Emily Baer 5/4/26 Emily Baer 5/4/26

POEM: “Each fresh sweet shade a shooting star”

Penobscot poet David Jolly draws inspiration from Robert Frost

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POEM: Reflections on the bittersweet nature change
Rising Tide 4/28/26 Rising Tide 4/28/26

POEM: Reflections on the bittersweet nature change

Poet Linda Swift’s family shares her reflections on change in Bucksport

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POEM: “Daffodils' blades pierce skyward”
Rising Tide 4/27/26 Rising Tide 4/27/26

POEM: “Daffodils' blades pierce skyward”

Isle au Haut’s Bill Stevens reflects on “Spring on the Island!”

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POEM: “The frogs are singing!”
Rising Tide 4/22/26 Rising Tide 4/22/26

POEM: “The frogs are singing!”

Patricia Ranzoni, Bucksport’s former poet laureate, on nature’s dialogue across seasons

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POEM: Sounds of the season are all around us
Rising Tide 4/20/26 Rising Tide 4/20/26

POEM: Sounds of the season are all around us

Penobscot poet Sue Shaw celebrates the sounds of spring.

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First class mail: Corresponding in poetry
Rising Tide 4/14/26 Rising Tide 4/14/26

First class mail: Corresponding in poetry

Two men tell each other about their lives through poetry delivered by US Postal Service

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