LEARNING IN MRS. TOWNE’S HOUSE is my book about teaching poetry at The Care Center, in Holyoke, Mass. It’s the story that grew out of this blog, the story behind the blog, and the story that keeps being told at http://www.learninginmrstowneshouse.com.
LEARNING IN MRS. TOWNE’S HOUSE is available for sale:
On Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle editions,
or at these locations:
•Broadside Bookshop, Northampton, Mass.
•Odyssey Bookshop, South Hadley, Mass.
•Wistariahurst Museum Carriage House Gift Shop, Holyoke, Mass.
•Collective Copies shops, Amherst and Florence, Mass.
Don't Call it Poetry 
I am writing a book on construction litigation for the American Bar Association, May I use the following quote from your blog?
Maple syrup is in fact one of my favorite metaphors for poetry. Think about it: To make a quart of maple syrup one must first collect gallons of clear, tasteless sap. By boiling this bland liquid — and boiling it some more, one is left with the dark, sweet and sticky essence: The syrup. Or, as the case may be: The poem.
–—from https://dontcallitpoetry.wordpress.com
I use the quote to analogize the weighing of construciton contract documents to the boiling down process for maple syrup.
George F. Burns
Bernstein Shur
100 Middle Street
Portland, ME 04101
gburns@bernsteinshur.com
Thanks, George Burns
Hi George,
Thank you for your interest in my work. I love the idea of having a quote from my poetry blog in your book about litigation.
You may use it, but please credit me.
Thank you,
Tzivia Gover
tzivia.gover@gmail.com
Thanks so much!