By Bill Castanier on April 24, 2010
City Night
In the city, the night is gray.
The darkest corners
Lit by distant streetlights.
Stars fade in the glare
Of headlamps and high-rises,
Their winks obscured by bright air.
An homage to man’s oldest fear,
City light pushes at night
And dark is only shades of gray.
Poem by Ericka Kahler
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Bill Castanier has been an award-wining weekly newspaper editor, advertising and public relations executive in his 40 year career. In addition, he has been an executive with a newspaper trade association and founded Michigan’s first technology association, I-TE@M. He writes a weekly newspaper feature on Michigan authors and is on the Board of the Kerrytown BookFest and the Michigan Notable Book Awards. He has the only daily blog on Michigan literature (
Mittenlit) and founded
Spartanpodcast.com.
