Village Voice AUGSEPT 22

Welcometoour Mini TGN, the small Good Newsletterwhich aims to focusongood
thingswhich arehappening locally; publishedbythe VillageVoiceand Milford
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rd Thursdays in theLibrary.
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PoetryCorner
This timeweoffer twopoets
whoseperspectives anduse of languagemay make youlove
them or hate them.Really worth readingthemaloud!
Humming-Bird–D.H.Lawrence
Ican imagine, in some otherworld
Primeval-dumb, farback
In that most awfulstillness, that only gasped andhummed,
Humming birdsraceddownthe avenues.
Before anything hadasoul,
While life was aheave of Matter, half inanimate,
This little bit chipped off in brilliance
Andwentwhizzing throughthe slow,vast,succulent stems.
Ibelievethere were no flowers, then
In theworld where the humming-birdflashed aheadof
creation.
Ibelievehepierced the slowvegetable veins with his long beak.
Probably he was big
As mosses, andlittle lizards, theysay were once big.
Probably he was ajabbing, terrifying monster.
e.e.cummings
Ithank YouGod formostthis
amazing dayfor theleaping greenly
spiritsoftrees andablue true
dreamofsky;and foreverything
which is naturalwhich is infinite
which is yes
(I who have died am alive again
today, andthisisthe sun’sbirthday;
this is the birthday of life andof
love andwings:and of thegay
greathappening illimitablyearth)
howshould tasting touching
hearingseeingbreathingany –lifted
from thenoofall nothing–human
merelybeing doubtunimaginable
You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
Now the eyes of my eyes are
opened)
We lookathim through the wrong end of the telescope of
Godslot: Please pray
Time,Luckily forus.
forguidancefor our
Knit &Natter would Government as they
Storytime /Pop In Coffee welcomeany surplus seek the way forward.
Aftertwo years it hasbeenareal joy to see wool youmight be Blessthe poor in our
country and help them,
oldfriends and newfaces at this combined able to donate. Just Lord.Wecontinue to
eventonthe first andthird Thursdays.You drop it into the pray forall displaced
are assured of awarm welcome, lovely library anytime – peopleand refugees
storiesand lots of chat! Allwelcome. Thanks!
throughout the world.
Pleasemention The Village Voicewhenresponding to adverts Amen.
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