Tag Archives: Beacon Mountain

The Beacon Mountain Poem

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

Long before I grew enamored with Beacon as NoBro (North Brooklyn) with its gentrifying main street of art galleries and funky coffee houses clustered in restored brick buildings at both ends, I encountered it as a prison town. (“Be-A-Con,” a … Continue reading →

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My Elegy for Mauro Parisi

Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin

(Late in 2004 I returned from a long stay in the Adirondacks to learn that Mauro Parisi had taken his life. I hadn’t known him well, but what I had known hadn’t prepared me for this news. In this elegy … Continue reading →

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“The Slow Walker” Has Time to See Nature

Posted on December 27, 2011 by admin

The truth is that few hikes offer what you could honestly call an adventure. The dangers and challenges that you overcome as you clamber up rocks or snowshoe down hillsides are ones that you and countless others have handled many … Continue reading →

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Michelangelo on the Hudson

Posted on March 19, 2011 by admin

George Drew pours himself into his enthusiasms. Retired a decade ago from teaching college English, he now devotes himself to writing, running, traveling, family life, and appreciating poetry. At readings, where we first met, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone … Continue reading →

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