Blog Posts

North Main Street

Picture frames and comic books,tattoos and hair and nails,adornments for the human folkand for their valued beastsand something sweet and maybe cold,... Read more »

An Old and Future Town

Rochester,an old town as the Yankees say,an upstart in the Old World’s eyes,a town established on the Hillthat grew up in the Norway Plains,whose... Read more »

Art from Four Schools by Ed Pacht

I walkup the ramp beside a wall of colors,beside the many kids’-eye viewsof a world still fresh and newto those who’ve not been here long:simple, yes... Read more »

Arts and Culture Commission by Ed Pacht

"Impressions at my first appearance as Laureate in this commission." - Ed PachtA small group,a public meeting,quorum present,in a city with... Read more »

With No Mills by Ed Pacht

I am a mill townbut I have no millsI was born on the Hilland lived on the Hilland grew on the Hilluntil …Cocheco calledcalled me to the Plainwith a... Read more »

January 28, 2022. Main Street Revival by Ed Pacht

Main Streetdowntown,once a thriving place,a place of shops of many kinds:groceries, meats, fish, and fruits;hardware, dry goods, furniture;... Read more »

January 27, 2022. "The Noisy Mill" by Ed Pacht

The old bard dozes in his own bedroomin the mill by the riverside.He falls asleep and dreams and hearsthe sounds of a working day.The wheels that... Read more »