Rosendale Victorian Home

Poets on The Lake in the Widow Jane Mine

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This home is down the road from the Widow Jane Mine, a subterranean lake where performances and gatherings are regularly held. I am a Trustee there. On October 4th 2008 there will be a poetry reading
in the Widow Jane Mine. Rosendale is the land of the militant poets.
 
Scroll to the bottom of the page for pictures and a link.

This is the path that leads to my tent
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this is the path also from farther away
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tents are the summer homes of working class people
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this is the view from the back of my tent
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this is the view from the front of my tent
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The story of the tent in the glade
 
I am a trustee here   http://www.centuryhouse.org/
makes me feel really grown up.
 
On the 19th and 20th of July, 2008 there was a street fair in town
74 bands for 2 days and nights. But up in the Widow Jane Mine....
it still looked just like this.
 

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CLICK this poster to see the Poets for 5 Bucks!
PoetsInTheMineByDuff
Dollar for dollar, it's your BEST Poetry buy!

Click here for the NPR news item about the Subterranean Poetry Reading