LEGACY is an extended elegy for the poet William Meredith, written by Meredith's partner of 36 years, Richard Harteis, after Meredith's death in the spring of 2007. This group of poems is spoken out of the silence of a great personal loss and a great literary loss. When Meredith, former U.S. Poet Laureate suffered a stroke, Richard - a health professional and writer - restored William through the courageous bond that compels poets to write. LEGACY sustains the author, and any of us who has experienced such pain. During the course of their days, William Meredith and Richard Harteis lived a...
LEGACY is an extended elegy for the poet William Meredith, written by Meredith's partner of 36 years, Richard Harteis, after Meredith's death in the s...
In this year's 2015 William Meredith Award for poetry, Andrew Oerke writes what must be the definitive analysis of walls with his own elf-like wit and magic. There is no freedom without discipline, form gives rise to structure. A child that does not respect boundaries will never grow into a adult, "no means no," boys are trained when they are courting. Walls are barriers, walls limit us, walls constrain us like time, holding us "green and dying," yet we are able to "sing in our chains like the sea," as Dylan Thomas tells us. Oerke's collection, THE WALL examines every aspect of separation...
In this year's 2015 William Meredith Award for poetry, Andrew Oerke writes what must be the definitive analysis of walls with his own elf-like wit and...
BRIDGE OF LIGHT Artistic Illumination from the Balkans In the east is it said, "between one person and another, there is only light." BRIDGE OF LIGHT, Artistic Illumination from the Balkans traces the important artistic connection between the United States and Bulgaria William Meredith first established decades ago when he served as US Poet Laureate. This bridge has become an important part of his legacy as a teacher, poet and friend to artists. But the bridge continues as a vital cultural institution into the present and beyond. The luminescence which developed among Bulgarian artists and...
BRIDGE OF LIGHT Artistic Illumination from the Balkans In the east is it said, "between one person and another, there is only light." BRIDGE OF LIGHT,...
Like a recent hotel commercial featuring nervous, would-be bridesmaids and young businessmen contemplating a trade show, "Should I stay or should I go," was a snappy little tune that played out all summer long on TV. I had been bombarded by emails from old classmates asking if I were going to return to Fribourg, Switzerland for the 50th reunion of our Junior Year Abroad from Georgetown. At the Courtyard opening last night, Dave pointed out that the surprising thing about reunions was how much older the OTHER people looked. Nancy Frankel said that when she went to her 60th...
Like a recent hotel commercial featuring nervous, would-be bridesmaids and young businessmen contemplating a trade show, "Should I stay or should I...
