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    Sing Spring and Other Poems
    Sing Spring and Other Poems
    Sing Spring and Other Poems
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    Sing Spring and Other Poems

    By Barbara Peckham

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    Sing Spring And Other Poems is a collection of poems that was written when Barbara found her inspiration to write when she moved to Marthas Vineyard and became a member of the Oak Bluffs Library Thursday Writing Group.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateMay 6, 2013
    ISBN9781481717175
    Sing Spring and Other Poems
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    Barbara Peckham

    Barbara lived in Massacjusetts as a child, moved to Connecticut in grade school and lived in Hamden, CT, until she married. After her husband Douglas returned from Korea, they moved to Troy, NY, where they lived until he was transferred to Syracuse, NY. In 2001 they moved to Martha’s Vineyard permanently, to the old Victorian house in Oak Bluffs that they had owned since 1971. Her husband, Douglas, is a well known artist on the island. She attended Vassar College for two years. After marriage she returned to college when the children were small and attended Russell Sage College in Albany nights and, later, Syracuse University, from which she was graduated in l966. During her life she has been Society and Woman’s Page Editor for the New Haven, CT, Journal-Courier for three years and worked for a public radio station and an advertising agency in Albany, NY, writing radio and television commercials. After graduating from Syracuse, she taught in grade school in Marcellus, NY, for 24 years until retiring in 1990. She received Teacher of the Year Award from the Marcellus, NY, Rotary Club in the 1950s. Barbara always has been active in her church and is in the choir and Unity Club of the Federated Church in Edgartown, MA, where she was chair of the Missions Committee for eleven years. She was president of the Syracuse Vassar Club and was very active in the Syracuse League of Women Voters, serving on the Board in many capacities. She is also a past president of the League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard. She is secretary of COMSOG and also secretary of the Oak Bluffs Homemakers Club. For some years she has been a member of the Oak Bluffs Public Library Thursday Writing Group. She has two sons, Douglas, Jr., and Jonathan, and one daughter, Jennifer, all married and living in the Midwest, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She enjoys cooking, preserving, gardening, reading, swimming in the summer, traveling, and, of course, writing.

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      Sing Spring and Other Poems - Barbara Peckham

      © 2013 by Barbara Peckham. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 05/01/2013

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-1718-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4817-1717-5 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013903130

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      CONTENTS

      Acknowledgment

      Dedication

      Preface

      Sing Weather

      Sing Spring

      A Whole New Day

      Daisy Dance

      More Haiku

      Brave Daffodils

      Winter Solstice

      Summer Storm

      November

      Dandelions

      December

      Crows

      Oceans

      November Trees

      Water

      Contemplations

      Aspirations

      Spirit of the Dragon

      Where Can I Run

      Stranger in a Strange Town

      Loss

      Confidence

      Love is Not Color Blind

      On the Death of a Young Man

      No one Can Take the Hurt Away

      Remembrance

      Forever Love

      Unbroken

      Sometimes I’m Tired

      God Cares

      Transplant

      Perception Lost

      Progress

      A Hail of Lead

      Gone

      Steerage: Titanic

      A Failure? Who?

      Damocles Fallen

      The Poetry Machine

      Vagaries of an Imperfect Mind

      Shoes

      Disco

      Winter Versus Summer

      Tracks in the Butter

      Beauty and the Spider

      Who Stole My Candy Bar?

      Reunion

      Stars in My Garden(An Ode to Weeds)

      Doggerel

      Haiku

      Ogden Nash

      Housecleaning

      The Shop by the Sea

      Lady in the Moon

      A Woman Wants…

      Cheese

      Application for a Life

      Island

      Summer’s Eve

      To a Winter Day

      Vineyard Twilight

      Summer Place

      Daybreak

      This Darkest Night

      So Small, I Alone

      Beach Respite

      My Hymn

      Autumn’s Winds

      Out of Season

      The Colors of Summer

      Metamorphosis

      Shutters

      Summer Solstice at Featherstone Gallery for the Arts

      Lighted House at Night

      Thoughts and Meditations

      Paradox

      Infinity

      My Life

      Summer Sunday

      Disappearing Art

      Christmas in the Great Depression (1930s)

      Chances

      Almost Grandparents

      The Tan Cardigan

      Eternity

      Family

      The House With Rubber Walls

      Grandmother’s House

      Sixty Years

      Acknowledgment

      Cover photo and photographs by

      Douglas W. Peckham Sr.

      Dedication

      To Marianne Goldberg

      Of Pathways Projects Institutes on

      Martha’s Vineyard

      Without whose encouragement and help

      this book might never have seen the light of day.

      Preface

      It is a privilege, as well as a pleasure to publish my second book of poetry.

      From my very early days of writing poetry and prose for my own benefit, I continued on a path of writing as high school paper news editor, Society and Women’s Page Editor of the New Haven, CT, Journal-Courier, and later, to writing radio and television commercials for an Albany, NY, advertising agency.

      After going back to college as a young mother and graduating from Syracuse University, I taught English and other subjects to fifth graders for most of 24 years.

      In 2001 my husband and I moved to Martha’s Vineyard to live, and I became a member of the Oak Bluffs Library Thursday Writing Group. What a treat. This group has worked with me and inspired me all along my path, and I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Rev. Judy Campbell, Kay Mayhew, Debbie Dean, Brigitte Lent, Allen Janger, Charles Blank, Ilka List, Peggy McGrath, Laurel Chapman, Else Membreno, Andrea Rogers, Linda Wilson, and Ellen Eisenberg. Thanks also to the many friends who have urged me to do another book, among them Bob and Bess Stone, and Bob and Susan Stevenson. Not least of all, many thanks to my faithful editor, Mary-Jean Miner.

      I owe particular thanks to

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