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Leaving the Farm at DaybreakThe dogs trailing down the lane, I entered mist drifting above hay fields, burning toward a winter blue sky shredded with clouds. In the hills’ rolling breastworks, the...
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CornbreadNo one here but you and me and perfect cornbread, steaming in its iron skillet. On the stove beside it, turnip greens bubble, essential to such union. No other human, just dog and woman on...
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First Snow Nothing different, nothing rare just this falling everywhere like a shattered, silver crown falling softly, quickly down on the branches of the tree that arched above us. You were holding me...
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Consider Touch it, thought the black unformed, though thought is a crude approximation of how it moved. Long to … love it, the formless- formed murmured. Shape into light was an urge loosening from...
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A poem for spring rain
With the NightRain has washed the pollen all day – it coats everything and in the arc light on the deck it glows lime green as kelp. I’m liking my boots in the puddles at night when everything is...
View ArticleNew York, NY in June
I'm headed to New York NY on June 9 for two events to promote the book-- June 10th with the Southern Writers Reading Series at the Happy Ending Lounge and June 13th at KGB Bar. Thanks to those who have...
View ArticleNew Moon Dawn, a video by Savannah Sipple
Savannah Sipple (Spalding, '08) has created a video of "New Moon, Dawn" from The Seasons Bear Us.
View ArticleHitting the road soon in Alabama and Florida
I'm looking forward to heading to Tuscaloosa, Fairhope, Mobile, Orlando, Selma, Florence, Athens and Huntsville soon! Please look in the APPEARANCES column for specifics. Please check back here for...
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On the Road, continued, but first -- thank-you notes.
Like a good Southern girl I am in major guilt about overdue thank you notes...so I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has hosted me for some amazing events to promote the little...
View ArticleOn to Orlando!
I'm heading to Orlando today and look forward to meeting the literary community there, spending time with Spalding colleagues and students, and meeting new friends. If you're in the area, check out...
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The Poet Loves the Library Tour heads to North Alabama
Kathleen Driskell (SEED ACROSS SNOW) and I are hitting North Alabama with "The Poet Loves the Library Tour" Tuesday, Sept. 29, with stops at Athens State University, Huntsville Madison County Public...
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Turn around and it's late fall
Turn around and it's late fall. I'm looking forward to coming to Louisville to be with my Spalding family for the residency. On Sunday, Nov. 15 I have the great honor of reading with two fine fiction...
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Reading at InKY January 8 in Louisville: Poetry for the New Year
What fun to begin 2010 with a reading from The Seasons Bear Us and my first visit to Louisville's excellent InKY Reading Series hosted by The Rudyard Kipling. Thanks to Erin Keane, who manages the...
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On the Road Again this Spring for Poetry
This spring I'm on the road again for some readings and poetry workshops, and invite you to check out the dates in the appearances section at the left. In Alabama, I’m honored to be a part of the Red...
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The Value of the Printed Word
I was a child editor. Or that’s how I’d like to think of it. Almost 22, I entered the MFA program at The University of Alabama in January 1974, and ended up as editor-in-chief of a magazine in the...
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Until Everything is Continuous Again
WordFarm Press (Seattle) announces a major anthology, featuring essays, interviews, and exchanges on W. S. Merwin's poetry from the publication of The Rain in the Trees in 1988 through his recent...
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ASCA Litrature Fellows Read at UA on April 3
Jeanie Thompson (Jamie Martin); and Abraham Smith (courtesy of the author)ASCA literature fellows to read at UA For National Poetry Month, poets Abraham Smith and Jeanie Thompson, 2012 Alabama...
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Dear Poetry Friends,I am thrilled to announce that the University of Alabama Press will publish The Myth of Water: Poems from the Life of Helen Keller in July 2016. See p. 9. If you would like to be...
View ArticlePress Kit for The Myth of Water
News about The Myth of Water from UA PressEditorial Reviews Author Photo Color, high res. Photo Credit: Jerry Siegel (c) Okay to crop.Book Front Cover
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