Invisible to me, but not to Bill Austin, surveyor, who spies each little rill, And ridge and ditch and remnants of a fence

From the north, wind clears the laze of summer, seaweed collects on the windward shore and squishes cold under bare feet.

Pathways Projects relocated to the Tisbury Waterworks Sunday for a multimedia performance that brought together poetry, music and visual art.

With cheers, laughter and sighs, Billy Collins was welcomed back to Featherstone Center for the Arts Tuesday.

Just because we hear music Doesn’t mean we have rhythm

Slow sun pulls long days over July. The marsh holds its breath and soaks in warm water.

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Three dollars, three minutes, The barker tempts. Tilt-a-Whirl Spins us against its cylinder wall

The former poet laureate of West Tisbury, Justen Ahren, stepped into his Island-wide laureate role with an April 30 reception at the West Tisbury Free Public Library.

Justen Ahren of West Tisbury has been selected as the 2017-2019 Poet Laureate of Martha’s Vineyard.

When Mary Stewart Hammond’s poem The Big Fish Story was published in The New Yorker 10 years ago, her husband “was so mortified,” she said, “He went down to the Stop & Shop (and) bought every copy so his friends wouldn’t see it.”