by Nick Smerker | Mar 4, 2021 | Allegheny West Gazette
The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House One without looks in tonightThrough the curtain-chinkFrom the sheet of glistening white;One without looks in tonightAs we sit and thinkBy the fender-brink. We do not discern those eyesWatching in the snow;Lit by lamps of rosy...
by Nick Smerker | Feb 5, 2021 | Allegheny West Gazette
Winter When icicles hang by the wallAnd Dick the shepherd blows his nailAnd Tom bears logs into the hall,And milk comes frozen home in pail,When Blood is nipped and ways be foul,Then nightly sings the staring owl,Tu-who;Tu-whit, tu-who: a merry note,While greasy Joan...
by Nick Smerker | Jan 11, 2021 | Allegheny West Gazette, General
The days are short, The sun a spark, Hung thin between The dark and dark. Fat snowy footsteps Track the floor. Milk bottles burst Outside the door The river is A frozen place The trees of lace. The sky is low. The wind is gray. The radiator Purrs all day. – John...
by Nick Smerker | Dec 3, 2020 | Allegheny West Gazette
Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand. – Dr. Seuss Friday, December 11th should be the first night of the 39th Annual Allegheny West Victorian House Tour. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the House Tour was cancelled and...
by Nick Smerker | Nov 5, 2020 | General
“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” – John F. Kennedy Impossibly, here we are in November with the holiday season on the horizon. The year 2020 has already delivered a lot of tumult, and it doesn’t seem to be letting...
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