Unofficially the first poet laureate of the Island was Dionis Coffin Riggs, who began hosting a poetry group at the Cleaveland House in West Tisbury in 1960.
Here is Dionis’s poem Wait, Spring, which was published in the April 19, 1996 Gazette:
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After nearly two days foundering in the surf near a remote coastline in Aquinnah, a 46-foot offshore lobster boat was freed from her rocky berth and towed to a salvage barge.
July 13, 2012
The rocking chairs call them all — to see, to be seen and to enjoy a fresh, hot slice of pizza.
July 13, 2012
With music, merriment and flags of all stripes, the parade made its way through Edgartown.
July 4, 2012
The Steamship Authority is installing an authentic steamship whistle above the wheelhouse of the ferry Martha's Vineyard this week.
June 28, 2012
The Chilmark Flea Market, a perrenial favorite of shoppers and browsers alike, is celebrating its 45th year this summer. The market, run by the Chilmark Community Church, draws crowds on Wednesday and Saturdays to the meadow at 142 North Road.
June 27, 2012
Pitchers' duels ruled the day during the Little League Championship Games at Veira Park on Saturday afternoon.
June 26, 2012
Friends and family — almost the whole of Aquinnah, really — turned out for a benefit at the Aquinnah Shop.
June 23, 2012
On Monday morning, June 18, the 10:45 a.m. ferry brought the campers of Camp Jabberwocky, Martha's Vineyard Cerebral Palsy camp, back ot the Island for the 2012 season.
June 23, 2012
The Taste of the Vineyard Gourmet Stroll drew big crowds with big appteties to the Dr. Daniel Fisher House on June 14. Revelers enjoyed bits from restaurants around the Island, as well as music from the Sultans of Swing.
June 23, 2012
The harbor town kicked off the 2012 high season in high fashion.
June 23, 2012
Keep your eyes glued to the sky for a glimpse of these species common to our shores.
June 23, 2012
The biggest, and arguably best, farmers' market of the season is held Wednesday and Saturday at the West Tisbury Grange Hall.
June 22, 2012
Home Port Restaurant in Menemsha hosted the Martha's Vineyard/Dukes County Fishermen Association's annual dinner Wednesday, June 20.
June 22, 2012
Students at the West Tisbury School celebrate the end of classes and the beginning of summer break.
June 22, 2012
Come with an appetite ready for the biggest, tastiest party in town.
June 21, 2012
It was all pomp and circumstance as the Class of 2012 took their final bow at the Tabernacle.
June 15, 2012