Silence “...make a poem that does not disturb the silence from which it came.” Wendell Berry Silence creates a wide berth for a poem to be born and for a poem to leave a silence behind ringing with meaning and a choir of images, a silence housed in a temple or a church, a silence bedded in still waters or reflected in a child’s eyes the first time she gazes at the wavering flare of a lit candle.
Janet Krauss, who has two books of poetry published, Borrowed Scenery, Yuganta Press, and Through the Trees of Autumn, Spartina Press, has recently retired from teaching English at Fairfield University. Her mission is to help and guide Bridgeport’s young children through her teaching creative writing, leading book clubs and reading to and engaging a kindergarten class. As a poet, she co-directs the poetry program of the Black Rock Art Guild.
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