storypoem # 22 it’s hard to write a poem a weekand keep them what is called a poem what’s the definition of apoem anyway john knoepfle ourlocal guru talks till he runs out ofsteam sometimes just drizzles offwhat I often do is tell stories orembroider whatever it is I’mthinking about here is a bit Icame […]
John Knoepfle
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on a monday morning
on a monday morning by John Knoepfle, former poet ofthis column; 91 on Feb. 4 well dear heart what to say this sunshine hour it is a blue sky day the threat of the storm is gone you will be out awhile as I struggle with these lines what happened to ambition the desire to […]
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Star bards
Two local college writing professors, one retired and one not, playfully post on their book-signing invitation “Two Poets Journey to The Holy Land.” You’re invited to this journey where you can get one of John Knoepfle’s books, Shadows and Starlight, and a signature, or Brian Jackson’s newly published, From Delancey West, and a signature. The […]
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Honor Flight sends WW II vets to Washington, D.C., for a day
Springfield resident Bernard Carver, 89, remembers loading ammunition, refueling four-engine B-24 bombers and flying along with pilots in the Eighth Air Force, to pick up equipment during World War II. Early Tuesday morning, April 5, Carver, along with his son, Bernie Carver, boarded a plane, this time chartered by Land of Lincoln Honor Flight. The […]
