Francha Barnard was one of the most powerful forces in poetry in Door County. Four Windows Press has just published a memorial volume of her poetry with art by her sister Elizabeth. It’s now available at local bookstores, Write On Door County in Juddville, and online venues. The Door County Poets’ Collective worked to make this book happen. Proceeds will be supporting the Door County poetry scene through Write On. Francha was a wonderful poet as well as a magic person.
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Photographs of Rock Island by Ethel Mortenson Davis
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after 11 inches of new snow
by Ethel Mortenson Davis
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a photograph by Sonja Bingen, our daughter
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I did a book presentation and signing at Novel Bay Booksellers in Sturgeon Bay today from 2 to 4 p.m. A crowd showed up and a bunch of that novel and other books that I have written sold. Ethel came and took a couple of photographs. Thanks go to John Maggitti and Liz Welter for sponsoring a great event!
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by Ethel Mortenson Davis
Blackberry moon,
moon of the blackberry month,
snags at me,
rips at my skin.
Star-gazers come
and get caught
in her sweet clutches,
but are overtaken
by a storm
with brittle, scratchy fingers
of lightning
that blackens out the moon.
Now we must wait
for the harvest moon
as she ripens
on top of the waters.
Note: This is Ethel’s contribution to the moon-night organized by Francha Barnard and Write-On Door County.
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