A View from the North Coast

This blog is based in Northeast Ohio, what was "La Nation du Chat," the Cat Nation, as the French-Canadian furtraders called the Land of the Erie Indians. The blog will touch on many issues: nature, the environment, literature, poetry, society, and politics. Around here we think of the Lake Erie shoreline as the North Coast of the United States--a Frontier in the midst of the Rust Belt.

Friday, May 6, 2022

Poem about the Kent State Shootings of May 4, 1970

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 Here's one of the poems I've written over the years about the Kent State shootings of May 4, 2022: Close to My Heart Kent S...

Robby's First Communion: A Poem

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Robby's First Communion Robby, Dear Grandson who shares my name. Nana Linda and I want you to know That we rejoice over your First Commu...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Haiku Poems for Easter

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  Easter Haiku The Resurrection Always working in the dark Visible this April. BC April 12, 2022 Skunk Cabbage Haiku Skunk cabbage emerges F...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Obituary of Margaret McDonough

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A Few Words on the Life of Margaret Mary McDonough The poem in the previous blog post was written by my friend kp, who was one of Margaret M...
Monday, March 28, 2022

Another Poem for Margaret McDonough, Rest in Peace

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  (above, Margaret on the Spring Street Steps, Boal Street, Over-the-Rhine) WAITING Waiting. Being present. Is it called "being present...
Friday, March 25, 2022

Poem for Margaret McDonough

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  Let Me Die in Springtime O Lord let me die In springtime, my short life Celebrated by crocus and daffodil Weeping cherry and spring beauty...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

A Little Poem in Irish and in English: Deep in My Heart

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  Deep in My Heart Tá tú in áras mó chroí, a Stór, Forever and forever and for always-- You abide in my heart, O Treasure, Go brách is go de...
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I am a teacher of English and poetry as well as an intermediate learner of Irish, active in the Irish Language study group at the East Side Irish-American Club in Euclid, Ohio.
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