In celebration of National Poetry Month we are posting a poem a day. Today’s poem was submitted by John Folcarelli who notes it seemed appropriate for a holiday week end following tax day. If you have a favorite, please email it to frank@mytownmatters.com.
Triolet on a Line Apocryphally Attributed to Martin Luther – by A.E. Stallings
Why should the Devil get all the good tunes,
The booze and the neon and Saturday night,
The swaying in darkness, the lovers like spoons?
from The Boston Globe
There was a party in the woods on Tuesday night. And it was loud. So loud it shook the pussy willows to their silvery buds and made the arriving guests — six children, four parents, and two Massachusetts Audubon Society leaders — hasten their step along the musky Braintree Path to the place where the vocalists were warming up. (Read the full story here)
On this day in 1775 a man took a historic ride that was memorialized in a poem by one of our most famous local poets. Here it is. We are celebrating National Poetry Month by posting a poem a day. If you have a favorite, please email it to frank@mytownmatters.com.
Paul Revere’s Ride – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
Notice from Town Hall
The Board of Selectmen’s public meeting about the Town’s response to the Winter 2015 snow emergency, which was scheduled for Thursday, April 23, has been cancelled. The meeting will be rescheduled at a later date.
Commentary by Frank Schroth
First, MyTownMatters does not endorse candidates (what do think we are? nuts?). But we take this time of year seriously and believe it matters . . .a lot. This is a gentle reminder to take a few moments to inform yourself on who is running and what they stand for. The town is fortunate to have candidates willing to spend their time, money, and energy for an opportunity to serve the town. You have a responsibility here, too.
Last Saturday candidates for town wide office participated in the 4th annual MyTownMatters Candidates Foru,. Questions were developed by members of the Milton High School Debate team. The forum was moderated by Precinct 2 Town Meeting Member and educator from the National Archives, Annie Davis. Lydia Horan, co-captain of the Debate Team asked the questions.
Tom Palmer captured this shot of a couple riders on horseback in the Blue Hills. We welcome your photos. You can email them to frank@mytownmatters.com.
In celebration of National Poetry Monthwe are posting a poem a day. If you have a favorite, please email it to frank@mytownmatters.com.
Baseball by John Updike
It looks easy from a distance,
easy and lazy, even,
until you stand up to the plate
and see the fastball sailing inside,
From May 9th through the end of the month, local painter Diane Sawyer will display her work in the Wotiz Gallery of the Milton Public Library. She received a BFA from the Boston Museum School and Tufts University in 1979, and has completed additional coursework at MassArt, Museum School, and Bennington College. She has also studied with numerous artists.
The Wakefield Estate’s April Stone Soup and Speaker event on April 30th will offer a portrait of one of the estate’s pride and joy: the Dove Tree. Not commonly seen in most gardens, the dove tree or Davidii involucrata , is also known as the handkerchief or ghost tree because of its large white “handkerchief”
by Frank Schroth
The Milton View, a local online site from Phil Matthews, provides commentary and analysis of Milton. There is a recent post that looks at key economic metrics across a number of communities to illustrate where Milton ranks in comparison to other towns.