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When I read Margaret Rabb's poem "Dogwood Alert," I was taken with her "looseblown momentary bloom of April," so I decided to use her image of dogwood blossoms as my motif for this Poem-a-Day celebration of National Poetry Month. We begin with our former Poet Laureate, Fred Chappell, on April Fool's Day, an honor Fred will appreciate, I'm sure! Each week this site features a North Carolina poet, complete with introduction, photo, biography, and, most important, the poetry. You'll be able to discover some new poets as well as become re-acquainted with some of our better-known ones. I hope this feature brings both pleasure and illumination. And I hope it makes each Monday of each new week a little easier to face! Enjoy! May, 2005 June, 2005 July, 2005 August, 2005 September, 2005 October, 2005 November, 2005 December, 2005 January, 2006 February, 2006 - Valentine's Poets
Kay Byer, Michael White & E. M. Schorb, Philip Shabazz & Juanita Tobin, Robert Watson & Banu Valladeres, Laurie Capps & Julia Rowell, Fred Chappell & Ruth Moose, Bill Duvall & Chris Vierck, Debora Kinsland Foerst & Sally Logan, Gibbons Ruark, Dede Wilson, & Michael McFee
- Sally Logan, Robert Watson, Tanure Ojaide
March, 2006 - Diana Pinckney, Jonathan Fisher, Irene Harvley-Felder, Gena Smith, L.B. Green, Steven Lautermilch, Glenis Redmond
- Scotts Creek and Cary Academy Poets: Paige Seago, Adam Corbin, Kasey Hensley, Heather Ensley, Montana Frady, Eric Tucker, Cheyenne Mathis, Ana-Maria Balta, Phil Woody, Mary Karasek, Emily Bissett, David Wieand, Brent Rappaport, Kadar Karkare, Lauren Phillips, Emily Cornell, Ritu Prasad
April, 2006 May, 2006 June, 2006 July, 2006 August, 2006 September, 2006 October, 2006 November, 2006 December, 2006
An invitation . . . How many times have I heard the saying, "Throw a rock (or whatever else comes to mind, something nonviolent, I hope) in North Carolina and you'll hit a writer!"Well, throw a lariat, as I like to think I'm doing, and you'll pull in some books worth adding to your collection, your nightstand, your life. I hope this "book of the month" feature does just that:reels in some books by North Carolina writers, most of them by poets -- but not always. Sharing books we like is one of the pleasures of life, as far as I'm concerned. It's like passing on a memorable recipe or a personal story of how some writer's words made the world become more alive, more mysterious, more hospitable.These books invite you to enter them and be a part of their experience. May, 2005 Blue Scorpion, by Julie Fay; The Darkness Takes Aim, by Julie Suk June, 2005 Two Books by Dennis Sampson: Needlegrass and For My Father Falling Asleep at Saint Mary's Hospital July, 2005 Devoted Creatures, by Bill Van Every August, 2005 M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A, by A. Van Jordan September, 2005 Bird Songs of the Mesozoic: A Day Hiker's Guide to the Nearby Wild, by David Brendan Hopes October, 2005 Declarations of Independence: November, 2005 breath of the song: New and Selected Poems, by Jaki Shelton Green December, 2005 Poetry for the Holidays January, 2006 James Applewhite and Jonathan Williams February, 2006 2005 Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Chapbook Competition Winners March, 2006 Anthony S. Abbott and Carolyn Beard Whitlow April, 2006 Shinemaster, by Michael McFee May, 2006 From a Person Sitting in Darkness: new and selected poems, by Gerald Barrax June, 2006 Re-entry, by Michael White July, 2006 Any Second Now, by Mark Smith-Soto August, 2006 Zoro's Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods, by Thomas Rain Crowe;
NatureS: Selected Poems, 1972 - 2005, by Jeff Davis
September, 2006 Spinning Words into Gold: A Hands-On Guide to the Craft of Writing, by Maureen Ryan Griffin;
One Nightstand, by Dede Wilson October, 2006 The Memory of Gills: Poems by Catherine Carter;
The Piercing: Poems, by Christine Garren
November, 2006 Blue Ridge Nature Journal: Reflections on the Appalachian Mountains in Essays and Art, by George Ellison, with paintings by Elizabeth Ellison December, 2006 Longleaf Press: Birth Mother, by Joanna Catherine Scott; Los Hijos, by Barbara Presnell; Premature Elegy by Firelight, by Roger Weingarten Archive Click Here
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