You’d sit quietly and suddenly the Parrot would shout,
“Death is the Mother of Beauty!” — and then she’d
Nod and eat a burrito. She was taciturn, but if you
Pushed her, she’d become fiery and cry: “My life
Had stood, a Loaded Gun!” and fan her feathers.
What do you have to offer that is more inventive
Than the Parrot’s glittering discourse? What do you
Have to say that could not be topped by: “The world
Is too much with us,” “Sunset and evening star,”
“How to Build Your Own Country,” a nonfiction children’s book by Karen Fredericks, an illustrator who lives in Northwest, East Hampton, and Valerie Wyatt, has won a 2010 Silver Birch Award from the...
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Two recently published poetry books by East Hampton Town residents merit the attention of serious poets and casual readers alike. Naomi Lazard’s “Ordinances,” winner of the 2010 ReBound Prize , and Fran Castan’s “Venice: City That Paints Itself” should find their way into the collection of any poetry lover.