She said to us who came with wondering eyes– “This is a magic fire, a magic room.” – From “The Hearth Eternal,” a poem by Lindsay published in 1914 in Congo and Other Poems. Jennie Battles stands in one of the rooms of the Vachel Lindsay State Historic Site by the typewriter poet Vachel Lindsay […]
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Calling teens and teachers
Deadline for this year’s edition of the international teen poetry anthology, Navigating the Maze, is Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Teens are invited to submit their work. Teachers are invited to submit their students’ work. Poet and Vachel Lindsay Association President Lisa Higgs is the guest editor this year. Higgs’ poetry book, Lodestar, was published in 2011 by Fishing […]
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What some other folks do
What do other folks do? Those that don’t attend the Illinois State Fair or mill about the pool. Well, this poet goes out into the world and welcomes in happy little moments. Unafraid to find a sweet rendezvous in unexpected little places or pleasures, fearlessly finding connections, sometimes between the natural world and the world […]
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How many poets does it take to pack a parlor?
If you’re a poetry, literature, art, film, history or architecture buff, or someone just looking for a few magical moments in a magical place this weekend, the Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site, directly south of the governor’s mansion, hosts Poets in the Parlor at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 15. Poets reading are a handful […]
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Lindsay’s ‘Little Turtle’ comes back to life
Vachel Lindsay, a lifelong resident of Springfield, internationally renowned poet and author of 20 books of poetry and stories, was born in 1879. Two years before Lindsay’s death in 1931 came the birth of George Colin, now an acclaimed artist who lives in Salisbury. Today the two central Illinois men have their works united in […]
