Responding to Longfellow: Gallery
In 2007, the following poems, letters, reflections, drawings, readings, and other items were created and submitted in response to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poetry. We asked writers, students, public figures, artists, and other people around Maine to tell us what Longfellow means to them in whatever format and medium seemed to make sense.
Poems
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Visionary Longfellow by L. Dowell (Gardiner, ME)
Cambridge: Spring by H.R. Courson (Brunswick, ME)
High in that Chair by K. Amoroso (South Portland, ME)
Rock Away with H.W.L. by F. Reilly (Portland, ME)
POETRY IS NOT DEAD! by J. Lukens (Newark, OH)
A Letter to Henry by Rose Morrow (Wells, ME)
Shadowy Elms by J.B. Sisson (Eastport, ME)
Ode To H.W. Longfellow by Marilyn Longfellow Francis (New Concord, OH)
Portland Land, Longfellow Land by Govind Pailoor, Ph.D., M.B.A. (South Portland, ME)
To Longfellow by Lee Evans (Bath, ME)
Reflections
Leaving Footprints for One Another by B. McBride (Manhattan, KS)
Me and Henry by E. Waterman (Kennett Square, PA)
Two Reflections on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Nancy Whiting Sears (Maine)
The Mouse Tower by Beverly Stanier (Center Sandwich, NH)
Looking for Portland's Past by Martha White (Rockport, ME)
"Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" by Bonnie M. Longfellow Hixson (Pinillas Park, Florida)
Readings and Performances
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The Arrow and the Song read by A. Eriksen (Flint, MI)
The Witnesses read by A. Eriksen (Flint, MI)
Mezzo Cammin read by A. Eriksen (Flint, MI)
The Rainy Day read by A. Eriksen (Flint, MI)
Seaweed read by A. Eriksen (Flint, MI)
Hiawatha's Fasting: A multi-media interpretation of Longfellow's Hiawatha performed by Kevin Tacka (Portland, ME)
My Lost Youth produced by Rachel and Grace Powell (New Gloucester, ME), www.brbfilms.com
Photographs
Student Responses
Responses are in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader or another PDF reader.
Longfellow poems illustrated by students and teachers at Longfellow School in Rock Island, Illinois
Jaida, age 7
Vicki Peterson, teacher
a student
Haylea, age 7
Laura Erikson, teacher
5th grader
Fictional journal entries based on a Christmas season visit to the Wadsworth–Longfellow House by fourth and fifth grade students from Mrs. Noriss' class, Whitefield, Maine
Journal entry by Olivia Fenderson
Journal entry by Robert Gorrill
Journal entry by Sawyer Maldovan
Journal entry by Michael McCormick
Journal entry by Dylan McMahon
Journal entry by Tabitha Spencer
Journal entry by Tiffany Wilson
Poems from two of Mrs. Fanus' sixth grade students at Poland Community School, Poland, Maine, inspired by Longfellow
Ruined by Sally Littlefield
A Blank Stare by Zoe Leino
Birthday Cards
Cards are in PDF format. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader or another PDF reader.
