Tag: Poetry

  • Wednesday, April 6, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Landscape, Poetry, and Ecology: Romanticism at Innisfree, Online

    Help Innisfree Garden celebrate National Poetry month on April 6 at6 1 pm with poet Paul Kane, who will discuss the convergence of poetry, nature, and ecology in Romantic ideology and how these ideas can be read in the Innisfree landscape. A professor of English and Environmental Studies at Vassar College, Paul is a scholar of both American and Australian literature. He writes primarily on the work of the Transcendentalists, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, but also focuses on contemporary poetry and criticism. A recipient of NEH and Guggenheim fellowships, Paul has published numerous books, edited others, and has been included in various anthologies of poetry and critical essays. He has been bringing his students to Innisfree for many years. Free for Innisfree members, $15 for nonmembers. Register HERE. The talk will be on Zoom.

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  • Saturday, June 12 – Sunday, June 13 – Emily Dickinson’s Garden: The Poetry of Flowers

    The final weekend of The New York Botanical Garden’s exhibit Emily Dickinson’s Garden: The Poetry of Flowers will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 12 and 13.  On Saturday, from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, in the Perennial Garden, there will be an all day program entitled Death, Bees, and Roses. Participate in a thematic reading of Emily Dickinson’s poems.  Select some of your favorite Dickinson poems relating to death, bees, or roses and join in celebrating the life and works of this great American poet.  Or, also in the Perennial Garden on Sunday from 10 – 6, the same program will be held, but with the title and topics Flowers, Birds, and Trees.

    Then, on Sunday, from 4 – 5 in the Ross Lecture Hall, Judith Farr, professor of English Emerita at Georgetown University and author of The Gardens of Emily Dickinson, presents a lecture and slide show that delves into the topic of Dickinson’s habit of referring to her own two acre garden as “my Eden” or “Eden in Amherst” and how this image of Eden that prevails in her poems and letters corresponds to the images of Eden that appear in the works of the American Hudson River School and Impressionist painters.

    For complete information, log on to www.nybg.org.  $20 adult ticket price, $18 seniors and students with valid ID, and $8 children 2 – 12.  Co-presented with The Poetry Society of America.

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  • Through September 30 – Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly

    Enjoy a unique exhibit combining photography, text, and video celebrating the life story of the Monarch butterfly, now through September 30. The exhibit shares with visitors the poetry and beauty of the Monarch butterfly and expands the viewers understanding of the extraordinary life story of the Monarch.  A wealth of information is provided for the visitor interested in creating a garden designed to support adult butterflies and their caterpillars.

    Location: Matz Gallery at the Sawyer Free Library 2 Dale Avenue Gloucester, MA
    Admission: Free
    Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:30-8:00, Friday-Saturday 8:30-5:00

    For more information, log on to www.kimsmithdesigns.com.

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