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Dawn Potter

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Dawn Potter directs the Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching, held each summer at Robert Frost's home in Franconia, New Hampshire. She is the author or editor of seven books of poetry and prose, most recently Same Old Story (CavanKerry Press, 2014). Her poems and essays appear in major journals in the United States and abroad, and she works often as a visiting poet in the schools. She lives in Harmony, Maine, with photographer Thomas Birtwistle and their two sons.
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Lenten roses are in their glory now, and species tulips a...


Lenten roses are in their glory now, and species tulips and bloodroot are also lovely. The three ramps I planted without much hope during Covid are spreading beautifully among the bloodroot flowers, and I've even been able to selectively cut a few leaves for meals.



It's been so good to get outside, to relearn my gardening muscles, to idle by the wheelbarrow and watch robins splash in th Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 4.34 · 53 ratings · 13 reviews · 13 distinct works
Tracing Paradise: Two Years...

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How the Crimes Happened (No...

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Same Old Story

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Boy Land and Other Poems

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A Poet's Sourcebook

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Accidental Hymn

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