I have a new chapbook of poems coming out from Finishing Line Press. Very exciting! The collection is called Water Street and explores the tension between freedom and domesticity. I spoke more about the book in this interview. Of the book, poet Doug Anderson, author of The Moon Reflected Fire, Horse Medicine and other books, …
Thrilled to have three poems included in this anthology of writers from the Pioneer Valley – the place the New York Times called “arguably the most author-saturated, book-cherishing, literature-celebrating place in the nation.”
I don’t think I’ve ever felt more passionately about a presidential election than I do this year. A part of why: Column in the Valley Advocate
As summer rolls to a close, I’m thinking back on its best moments. One highlight of the summer was my trip to England and Scotland, a three-week jaunt from corner to corner of the UK – from Eastbourne’s white cliffs in the southeast, to the black shale cliffs of Cornwall in the southwest; from the …
As the number of backyard and urban beekeepers surges nationwide, I visited a friend’s hives to write about honey bees. I also looked into the bees’ struggles with colony collapse disorder. But writing the article, I found that a still more urgent problem than honey bees may be wild bees. Honey bees, lovely and important …
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I talked with Bob Flaherty on WHMP about water, crumbling water infrastructure nationwide, and the responsibility of large companies like Coca Cola – which operates a large plant in Northampton MA – regarding payment to towns for their water use. An in depth look at Northampton’s new water sewer rate – WHMP Morning News The …
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New poem in The Cape Rock, issue 43 no. 2. A photo posted by Naila Moreira (@naila_fin) on Mar 27, 2016 at 10:36am PDT View larger here or on Instagram
photo by Stephen Petegorsky NORTHAMPTON — The Meadows are one of my favorite places to walk, daydream, write, and watch nature change in its numberless daily ways. A swath of agricultural land between Northampton’s downtown and the Connecticut River, they’re within easy walking distance of my home. Wandering the Meadows, I regularly see red-tailed hawks, …
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“Pirene is the name of a fountain or spring in Greek mythology … it was said to be a favorite watering hole of Pegasus, sacred to the Muses. Poets would travel there to drink and receive inspiration.” #poetry #poem #naila_fin A photo posted by Naila Moreira (@naila_fin) on Feb 13, 2016 at 7:11pm PST in …
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NORTHAMPTON — About a year ago, I saw three deer running across the Connecticut River. They weren’t walking on water: the river had frozen, thick enough to support their lightly tripping hooves. Last winter, Bostonians got so much snow they called it the Snowpocalypse. This December, I saw a deer again, but it stood on …
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