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    WSR Poetry Corner: ‘The Upper West Side’

    October 18, 2022 | 3:33 PM - Updated on October 20, 2022 | 1:05 AM
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    ‘Columbus Rain.’ Painting by Robert Beck.

    We get a lot of great material from emails sent to info@westsiderag.com, West Side Rag’s Tips and Ideas link. (Look up and to the left.) “My name is Kate Cenedella,” began a recent one. “I have lived here for years. Now retired, I was a public school reading teacher, taught at NYU, wrote educational materials published by Macmillan, as well as articles for small magazines in the past. I’ve written a poem entitled, ‘The Upper West Side,’ which everyone says belongs in the West Side Rag.”

    Now, it is.

    By Kate Cenedella

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    12 Comments
    OPOD
    OPOD
    3 years ago

    First I want to say I love it.
    Just because it’s what I needed to see.
    Because we all need inspiration.

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    lil
    lil
    3 years ago

    bravo! you’ve captured it.

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    Harriet F.
    Harriet F.
    3 years ago

    Perfect. Thank you. “Brevity is ……”
    I have forwarded on to friends who have left our ‘hood.

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    DEO
    DEO
    3 years ago

    Ditto

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    David
    David
    3 years ago

    Wondrful encapsulation of our home(s)!

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    Liz G
    Liz G
    3 years ago

    Awesome work, thank you Kate!

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    Spence
    Spence
    3 years ago

    Yes. A day in the life. Wonderful.

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    Deb
    Deb
    3 years ago

    Amazing! Well done!

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    Marcy Grau
    Marcy Grau
    3 years ago

    Right on! Write on!

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    Sue F
    Sue F
    3 years ago

    Enjoyed your poem. Nice to see a name from P.S. 128. Sue F.

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    Jim Frazee
    Jim Frazee
    3 years ago

    Love the poem

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    Jim Frazee
    Jim Frazee
    3 years ago

    There are many authors on the UWS (I for one). Maybe you do an article listing some of them and their work. Just a thought.

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