Some stuff I don’t believe

Skaters on the Boston Common Frog Pond.

— Photo by Tkperlman 

“I don’t believe in seeking sheet music

by Boston Common on a snowy day, don’t believe

in the lighting of malls seasonably

When I’m sleeping I don’t believe in time

as we own it, though some of the others might….’’

— From “Veteran,’’ by Fanny Howe (born 1940), a Boston-based poet and essayist

Boston Street Scene (Boston Common),” by Edward Mitchell Bannister, a depiction of the street and Boston Common area in 1898–99

1890 map

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