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Scott M Williamson

Apr 14, 20173 min read

Susannah: Notebooks (Winter Journal)

Below is the next in a series of "director's notebooks" about Opera Roanoke's premiere production of Susannah. Susannah Production...

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Scott M Williamson

Apr 13, 20174 min read

Susannah: production notebook (I)

We've finished our first day of staging Opera Roanoke's premiere production of Floyd's Susannah. Since of our principal artists asked me...

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Scott M Williamson

Apr 10, 20171 min read

Susannah notebooks: Intro

I can't believe the last time I posted here was in January, for a MET HD broadcast of Verdi's Nabucco. IT was that very broadcast,...

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Scott Williamson

Jan 6, 20171 min read

MET: Nabucco Live in HD

Friends in the Roanoke area: Please join me at Virginia Western Community College tomorrow, Saturday, January 7. The live broadcast of...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 31, 20161 min read

About Opera: 30/30 Finale

About Opera An image of articulateness is what it is | Isn’t this how we’ve always longed to talk? (William Meredith) If you don’t like...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 29, 20162 min read

Prometheus & Cellini & Apprentices

Below is my penultimate poem for Tupelo Press's 30/30 Project. I only have a little way to go yet to complete both this poetry marathon,...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 28, 20162 min read

Postcards: Haiku for 30/30 Project

Postcards I. for Gustav Mahler Not content to just reach the summit—No. I want to stay—Abide there. “Auferstehn…” Perhaps. But this much...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 27, 20162 min read

Ferryman's Day Off

I've been writing, and thanks to Tupelo Press publishing a poem a day during December. Click here to read more about the 30/30 Project,...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 20, 20162 min read

Marilyn Writes a Letter: 30/30 Project

All month I've been writing with colleagues at Tupelo Press as part of their "30/30" project. Here is my poem, slightly altered from...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 19, 20162 min read

30/30 Saariaho Counterpoint

Below is my "Day 17" poem for this month, where I'm writing 30 poems in 30 days, thanks to Tupelo Press. They are publishing the work of...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 16, 20162 min read

The Curlew | 30/30 Project Day 16

Here is my "poem of the day" for December, part of Tupelo's 30/30 Project. Click here to support a fellow non-profit arts organization,...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 14, 20162 min read

Season of Memory: Mother's Day Roses

This month I have been writing, and Tupelo Press has been publishing a new poem as part of their "30/30 Project." Click here to see the...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 10, 20163 min read

Day 9: 30/30 Pro(metheus)ject

Click here to see Tupelo Press and my work as part of their "30/30" poetry marathon and fundraiser. I'm posting here many of the poems...

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Scott M Williamson

Dec 10, 20161 min read

All Soul's: in memory of Aunt Peggy

All-soul’s (for Mom) The table is quiet as memory where we sat so many mornings with your turbaned head bowed over a bowl of cereal a...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 9, 20162 min read

30/30 Project: Angel Songs

Angel Songs (for my Mother) 1. Every angel is terrifying* Wielding a sword or holding the scales of justice Flying towards the stars...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 8, 20162 min read

Godzilla & the Gondola (30/30 Project)

Click here to check out my poetry and Tupelo Press's 30/30 Project, where a handful of poets write a poem a day for 30 days and try to...

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Scott Williamson

Dec 2, 20162 min read

30/30 Project: Poem for Day 1

If you haven't heard about my participating in Tupelo Press's "30/30 Project" where I'll write 30 poems in 30 days this month, click here....

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