Poetry Corner
The Poetry Corner
By Norah Christiansen
The Colonel
By Carolyn Forché
WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD is true. I was in his house. His wife carried a tray of coffee and sugar. His daughter filed her...
Culture
Grave Marking Ceremony Honoring 5 Stratford Revolutionary War Patriots
Saturday, May 4th 10:00 a.m.
Old Congregational Burying GroundCemetery Behind the Stratford Library
Sponsored by the Stratford Historical Society
And The General David Humphreys Branch No. 1...
Poetry Corner
The Poetry Corner
Thoughts and Considerations for National Poetry Month
By Norah Christianson
April, yes, and you might have heard that April is National Poetry Month. APRIL not because,...
Culture
National Poetry Month!
Opera & Poetry Highlighted at Stratford LibrarySunday, April 21st, 2 P.M.
Lovell Room, Stratford LibraryFree and open to the public
The Stratford Library will host a...
Arts & Lifestyle
The Poetry Corner
After Making Love We Hear Footsteps
By Norah Christianson
After Making Love We Hear Footsteps
~ By Galway Kinnell
For I can snore like a bullhornor play loud...
Arts & Lifestyle
A Special Sports History Presentation:
Red Sox-Yankees: The Greatest Rivalry in Sports
Tuesday, April 16th, 7-8 P.M. Doors open at 6:30 P.M.Lovell Room at the Stratford LibraryFree and open to...
Arts & Lifestyle
The Poetry Corner
A Ritual to Read to Each Other
By Norah Christianson
A Ritual to Read to Each Other
By William Stafford
If you don't know the kind of person...
Poetry Corner
The Poetry Corner
By Norah Christianson
Poetry
~ Marianne Moore
I too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it,...
Poetry Corner
The Poetry Corner
By Norah Christianson
In 1999, UNESCO proclaimed March 21 as World Poetry Day. Every day is some kind of day. Potato Chip Day, Take Your...
Culture
The Stories We Tell
Where’s Stiles?
By David WrightTown Historian
Where’s Stiles?
We generally think of Stratford’s memorial monuments as all residing on Academy Hill. However, three very important memorial monuments...
Poetry Corner
The Poetry Corner
By Norah Christianson
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
~ William Butler Yeats
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,And a small cabin build there,...