west end poetry festival

September / October / November 2016
Created and Issued by:
Carrboro Recreation and Parks
Department
Issue No. 58 (Est. June 2006)
2016 WEST END POETRY FESTIVAL
Sponsored by the Town of Carrboro & Coordinated by the Carrboro Poets Council
Friday, October 14th & Saturday, October 15th
The annual West End Poetry Festival is Carrboro’s premier poetry event, now in it’s 11th year.
Poets come from far and wide and hundreds attend the readings and workshops.
All events are free and open to the public, culminating Saturday night with an open reception
and a reading by featured poet Michael McFee. Michael is a recipient of the James Still Award for
Writing about the Appalachian South, and many of his poems are set in the NC mountains.
“The West End Poetry Festival brings together nationally known poets as well as emerging voices,”
says Celisa Steele, outgoing Carrboro Poet Laureate. She will be honored at a Champaign and Poetry
reception on Sept. 29 in downtown Carrboro, which is seen as a soft opening for the October festival.
POETS participating in the festival include:
Kevin Boyle Grey Brown Gideon Young Jacinta V. White poet laureate Celisa Steele Susan Willey Spalt
Abigail Browning Maura High Allison Adelle Hedge Coke Jay Bryan Gary Phillips Krystin Gollihue
Michael McFee Vincent J. Kopp Grace C. Ocasio Debra Kaufman Calvin Olsen Katherine Soniat
More detailed information is available at www.WestEndPoetryFestival.org.
October 14th
Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill
6:30pm - 8:30pm
All Ages Free
October 15th
Century Center, Carrboro
12:00pm - 8:30pm
All Ages Free
 Wine reception
 Socializing
 Book signings
 Poets: Katherine Soniat
 Poetry workshop with Michael McFee
 Reading and discussion with indigenous
poet Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
 A panel on Healing and Poetry
 Exhibits by publishers
 An open mic
 Reception with wine and pizza
 Reading by featured poet Michael McFee
Debra Kaufman
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Kevin Boyle
Contents
Poetry
2-8
Poetry Workshops
15
Carrboro Rec & Parks Info
17
Poetry News, Readings & Events
9-14
Poetry Websites
16
Image Credits
18
Mary L. Barnard
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MATA HARI
Behind the fence, the cows lift their heads
to the sound coming from the woods Jay Jay.
The cardinals might tightrope barbed wire,
the crows might dice the road remains
the sparrows might wiggle into the underbrush,
but these woods belong to the blue jay.
Even the hawk high in its nest does not test
the jay-erarchy of the woods on this ridge.
The female jay lives up to her name Mata Hari.
She has denied every claim of infidelity.
She has denied dancing and posing for acorns.
She has denied telling secrets to the Russians.
She even denied wearing black eye-makeup.
Her tail fan-spread wide in blue black and white,
tell-tale colors of bird-vanity, a condition thought
to be genetic or incurable in the passerine.
A mile down the road, the call Jay Jay
can still be heard. From closer by, a single
Jay on the tip of the tongue of her mate.
Brenda Kay Ledford
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HOMECOMING
The Blue Ridge Mountains
unfurl royal blue ribbons,
ancient, carved from granite;
patchwork farms dot the country.
coda to my song.
The gravel road forks,
Hyatt-Mill Creek gurgles
over moss-covered rocks.
Cornfields sway like ripples
in the honeysuckle wind,
Queen Anne's lace spins
doilies on the banks
A footbridge shimmies;
the red-plank house
in the shadow of Shewbird Mountain;
I savor the sweet memories.
welcoming me back home.
The old grey barn
painted with a Lone Star quilt,
a chorus of cardinals;
Jean Jones
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That's how it goes
My lover whom I've known for years,
what explains my relationship to you?
We know each other physically, shared each other physically
but is it more than that?
You say there's more, that we are 2 pieces of a puzzle
we fit together and you know when I'm inside you
you and I are one.
That is tremendously romantic
and almost worth believing.
But I don't trust you in the end.
If you truly wanted me, why not seek me out?
Your aspects of being "coy," or making sure it's "okay,"
by checking, that doesn't connect to you coming over to see
me desperate to have me
Someone there I felt truly loved and desired me,
but that's every man's fantasy right?
But now, it's over, isn't it?
What is real? The house wife who periodically
Nothing but memories and emptiness. . .
makes love to me out of duty or respect or maybe even love
What else is there to say?
or hoping to "appease" or "satisfy" me
which I don't blame,
I have searched for "oneness," myself,
searched for the partner who was "meant" for me
it's the passion I seek, the warm love
who could be completely open to and with me
and may already have. What I seek for I might already have
but that's how things work.
Until I'm homeless I'll never figure out how lucky I am
to have had air conditioning and shelter.
and when she's gone that's when I miss her.
That's how it goes.
Sybil Austin Skakle
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UNEXPECTED HOSPITALITY
A freshman at Woman's College,
University of North Carolina, Greensboro,
In 1944, when school ended for Christmas,
I had to travel by bus to Swanquarter,
to cross Pamlico Sound to my Hatteras home
aboard the HADECO.
After the very long ride, I arrived to find
myself stranded and unsure of myself.
The boat would not embark until next
morning.
Also waiting for the boat, I found an old friend,
Mrs. Ethel Burrus, her daughter and
Her daugther’s child.
They were from my own community,
These who shared my plight.
Finding them heartened me.
Mrs. Ethel knew someone in Swanquarter.
She included me as one of her own,
and sought hospitality with old friends.
After, I helped wash supper dishes
with the womenfolk that evening,
I shared a bed with the daughter and
her child.
Those dear, simple folks
Willingly, with gracious
Generosity share true hospitality,
sharing what they had to share.
With them I felt secure
And very grateful.
Brenda Kay Ledford
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SOURWOODS
From the front porch
of the red-plank house,
strawberry clouds sprinkle
a sapphire canvas.
Sourwood trees dot
Shewbird Mountain and sparkle
like pearls as songbirds
perfom the coda
to a love song.
Fragrant flowers spread
a canopy of bells,
petals twirl like snowflakes
on the gentle breeze.
Bees sip nectar,
prized mountain honey.
Sourwoods shimmer
in the light
of a Full Buck Moon.
Mario D. Kersey
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WHAT REMAINS
The window opens, stirring the husks
of old memories into a quiet maelstrom,
waking allergies of the past too happily forgotten,
yet are remembered with crimson eyes and briny tears.
The hardwood floor, the color of dried blood, does not protest
the weight of older feet though it bulges in spots like dad’s spare tire.
The jaundiced photos cover the wall, protecting the paint behind them.
The will to remove crisp pictures from their watch drains from hesitant limbs.
The gravity of the situation becomes Jovian and pulls a body into a worn sofa.
The tears return with unfettered vigor as memories, like thunderheads, form on the horizon.
Jean Jones
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Into Darkness (Not Knowing)
The older I get, the more I realize how life is, for me,
a trip down a deserted street at night,
you're not sure what's ahead
you're not sure who's coming after you
who you're going to meet
whether they're a friend or foe
whether the experience coming up is
pleasant or unpleasant. . .
I remember I used to drive my fifteen year old daughter
to school and one day, driving my daughter to school
(she was 9 or 10) and as I pulled across the intersection
turning to my left, I passed a car on fire, and looking to my
right, I saw people pull a person from that burning car,
and all I felt I could do was drive on and call 911 to report the accident. . .
I found out later that one woman had a heart attack and ran into the other
woman, and that one woman died on the scene and the other survived,
thanks to some wonderful bystanders. All I did was call 911 and report the incident.
During the night of a Superbowl Game, a game in which my favorite football team
could win the championship and instead, my team was losing badly. .
I felt so helpless but I knew I wasn't going to watch my team lose in front of me.
I turned off the TV and drove off into the night: only to end up near a deserted
section of beach and there was flooding and water was washing onto the road. ..
I realized my depression could give way to something worse: an unexpected accident,
so I backed up the car, made a U turn and headed back. Yeah, it was depressing
my favorite team was losing, but it could have been so much worse:
I could have been in an accident that left the car crippled and my life in danger
all because I was so upset over something as petty as a football team losing
and the next thing you know, I'm stuck on the beach with the tide rising up to my ankles
The older I get, the more I realize how life is, for me,
a trip down a deserted street at night,
you're not sure what's ahead
you're not sure who's coming after you
who you're going to meet
whether they're a friend or foe
whether the experience coming up is
pleasant or unpleasant. . . . .
Poetry News, Readings & Events
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Congratulations
Tara Lynne Groth was a semifinalist for the 2016 James Applewhite
Poetry Prize for her poem "Ghost Bike."
Jean Jones was published in the Best of The Horror Zine anthology.
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Horror-Zine-Early-Years/dp/1626479968/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1468334142&sr=1-1&keywords=best+of+the+horror+zine
North Carolina Poetry Society Fall Meeting
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities
Southern Pines, NC
For directions to the Weymouth Center & other information visit http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org.
Join us for our fall meeting at beautiful Weymouth Center for the Arts. We will hear winners
of the Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, Sarah Huener, Ruth Moose, and Maria Rouphail,
read their poems. We will also hear John Hoppenthaler, winner of this year’s Brockman-Campbell
Award, along with John Amen, Kevin Boyle, and Noel Crook, who won honorable mentions.
After lunch we will participate in a workshop, “Brand Yourself Like a Rock Star!,” led by Alice Osborn.
Don’t miss another opportunity to hear great poetry and socialize with fellow poets!
Schedule:
9:15 Registration Order a box lunch if not paid in advance ($10, cash or check) until 10:10 a.m.
10:00 Business Meeting David Radavich, presiding.
10:30 Winners of the Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition
Sarah Huener, Ruth Moose, and Maria Rouphail read their prize-winning poems.
10:40 Winners of the Brockman-Campbell Book Award
John Hoppenthaler reads, along with John Amen, Kevin Boyle, and Noel Crook.
11:15 Open Mic
12:00 Lunch Socializing, walking in the gardens, perusing the book room.
1:00 “Brand Yourself Like a Rock Star!” A workshop led by Alice Osborn.
Poetry Readings & Events Continued...
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Flyleaf Second Thursday Poetry Reading and Open Mic
All readings are the second Thursday in each month at 7:00pm
Flyleaf Books (next to The Root Cellar)
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.(Historic Airport Road), Chapel Hill
Schedule:
6:00pm - Informal get-together at The Root Cellar (formally Foster’s Market) next door
7:00pm - Featured Readers - each read for approx. 20 minutes
Book Signing
Open Mic *Please sign up to read no later than 6:45 pm. Each open mic reader will be limited to no more than a page of poetry.
For more details: http://www.flyleafbooks.com
Thursday, September 8
7:00 - 8:30pm
Featured readers will be Janice Moore Fuller and J.S. (Stan) Absher.
Janice Moore Fuller—Catawba College’s Writer-in-Residence and Weaver Endowed Chair of
Humanities—has published four poetry collections. “Séance” (Iris Press) won the Oscar Arnold
Young Award for best North Carolina poetry book. Her most recent book, “On the Bevel”, was
published by Cinnamon Press in Wales. Her poems have appeared in numerous magazines
and anthologies, including Magma (London), New Welsh Review, The Louisville Review, Tar
River Poetry, Asheville Poetry Review, Poems & Plays, Cave Wall, and Comstock Review.
J.S. (Stan) Absher’s full-length book, “Mouth Work”, won the 2015 Lena B. Shull Book
Competition sponsored by the NC Poetry Society and was published in the spring of 2016
by St. Andrews University Press. Previous chapbooks are “The Burial of Anyce Shepherd”
(Main Street Rag Publishing, 2006) and Night Weather (Cynosura Press, 2010; e-book, 2016).
Absher’s poems have been in numerous journals and anthologies, including North Carolina
Literary Review, Tar River Review, and Southern Poetry Anthology, VII: North Carolina.
Thursday, October 13
7:00 - 8:30pm
Featured readers will be the winners of the annual Flyleaf Second Thursday Poetry Reading Contest.
Thursday, November 10
7:00 - 8:30pm
Featured readers will be Lenard D. Moore and Jordan Rice
McIntyre’s Fine Books Monthly Poetry Readings sponsored by the NC Poetry Society
All readings are the fourth Sunday in each month at 2:00pm
McIntyre’s Fine Books is located in Fearrington Village, (half-way between Pittsboro & Chapel Hill on Hwy 15-501 South)
For more info: http://www.fearrington.com/village/mcintyres.asp
September 25... Joe Mills, John York, Scott Owens
October 23:.. Sally Mohney, Katherine Soniat, TBA
Poetry Readings & Events Continued...
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Sacrificial Poets Touchstone Open Mic
Tuesday*, September 6
6:30 - 8:30pm pm
Flyleaf Books (next to The Root Cellar) Ages 10+
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.(Historic Airport Road), Chapel Hill
Sacrificial Poets is dedicated to empowering people through spoken word. Come rock with us every month
and share poetry, music, stories and family!
*Please note: The regular date for this series will be First Mondays. Flyleaf Books is closing early on Monday the 5th, Labor Day.
Peace of Mind: How Poetry Can Help You De-Stress, De-Clutter,
and Finally Lose Those Unwanted Fifteen Pounds
Monday, October 17
6:30-7:30pm
Orange County Main Library
137 W. Margaret Lane in Hillsborough
What do you read when you have a thousand things to do and only a minute to relax? Where do you turn when
your friends are busy but you need empathy and understanding? Can poetry really help you lose those unwanted
fifteen pounds? Find out during this fun, thought-provoking lecture by Pam Baggett, who will introduce you to the
world of accessible poetry and hopefully make you laugh out loud. If you've ever been put off by poetry, if it seems
to require special knowledge or looks like a secret club you aren't a member of, Pam will prove that isn't the case,
sharing the work of great poets who struggle with the same things you do, find beauty in the commonplace, who
know that to live is to juggle pain and happiness.
The event is free and open to the public.
An Evening of Accessible Poetry
Thursday, October 27
6:00-7:45 pm
Orange County Main Library
137 W. Margaret Lane in Hillsborough
With its references to obscure mythological gods or little-known events in history, poetry can seem like a private
club whose mission is to exclude. But there's another kind of poetry, accessible poetry, which digs into everyday
experience, the mud and sweat of life as well as its beauty. A poetry whose aim is to connect with a broad base
of readers, distilling life into readable work that resonates with our own experiences. Featured readers at the
event will be Florence Nash, Mark Smith-Soto, and Priscilla Webster-Williams. Florence Nash has two collections
of poetry, Fish Music and Crossing Water and, since 2000, has led the poetry workshop for Duke's Osher Institute
for Life-long Learning. Mark Smith-Soto edits International Poetry Review. He's the author of three chapbooks and
three full-length collections, most recently, Time Pieces. Priscilla Webster-Williams' awards for poetry include the
Poet Laureate Award from the North Carolina Poetry Society.
The event is free and open to the public.
Poetry Readings & Events Continued...
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Recurring Events:
Carrboro Recreation & Parks Department Presents:
Poet’s Open Mic Night at Open Eye Café
First Tuesday of Each Month, 7:00-9:00pm
Open Eye Café
101 S. Greensboro St., Carrboro
Join Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department the first Tuesday
of each month for this great event! This is a night where poets can
engage with others and share the power and diversity of poetry.
The event is staged to provide a venue for people to celebrate, to
share, and to encourage the writing, reading and listening to poetry.
Really Open Mic Night
The Pinhook
117 W. Main St., Durham
Mondays, 8:00pm
Free
You must physically come to the Pinhook at 7:00pm to sign up for
an 8 min. slot. The list fills up fast. If you are bringing instrumentals
please bring them on an mp3 player, or a CD. If you want to project a
video, please bring it on a DVD or a laptop with VGA converter.
We have a beautiful professional stage, a beautiful sound system, a
producer's station for local producers to hear their work through the
system, and a film makers’ station with 12 minute slots for video
projections. We welcome all forms of expression; poetry, music,
stand-up comedy, interpretive dance. Hosted by: Adisa McKenzie.
Awarded BEST IN THE TRIANGLE by the Independent Weekly.
For more info: http://reallyopenmic.tumblr.com/.
Passionate Poets
Third Monday of Each Month, 6:30-8:30pm
4404 Cedar Pass (near New Hope Rd.)
Hillsborough
Join us for inspiration, creativity and FUN.
If you want to play an instrument or sing? That is acceptable too. 
Host: Dough Stuber. MC: Vanessa Vendola.
For more info, contact Vanessa Vendola at 919-810-3548 or Dough Stuber at 919-271-0727.
Poetry Readings & Events Continued...
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More Recurring Events:
City Soul Café Open Mic
44 Soul Café
7361 Six Forks Rd, Raleigh
Wednesdays, 8:30pm
$5 Cover / $7 Features Nights
21 & over
THE HOTTEST SET IN THE TRIANGLE!
OPEN MIC POETRY | SPOKEN WORD | SINGERS
City Soul Café is the spot for a night of poetry, music, and so
much more. DJ Supreme provides the backdrop. Food and
Drink specials. Featured performers from all over the country.
Come out and bring friends! Sign up between 8:30 - 10:00pm.
Hosted by ”The City Soul Café Group”.
For more info: www.citysoulcafe.splashthat.com
1st Thursday TAKE FIVE Poetry & Prose Open Mic
First Thursday of Each Month, 6:00-8:00pm
Karma Boutique & Coffee Bar
131 Wicker Street, Downtown Sanford, NC
Open mic sign up begins at 5:30pm.
Enjoy the sharing of original poetry & prose in blocks lasting up to five minutes each!
Writers age 15 & under are encouraged to present their original works from 6:00 to 6:15pm.
**Please note that works containing adult language or mature themes may be shared after 6:15pm.
Friday Noon Poets
Fridays, 12:30-1:30pm
Amity United Methodist Church
Corner of Estes Dr. & Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (Historic Airport Road)
Chapel Hill
Informal meetings every Friday. Read original poem or prose or a selection written by someone else.
Writings should be no longer than 1 ½ pages. Free parking, side entrance. All are welcome!
For details, call Dave Manning at 919-462-3695.
Poetry Readings & Events Continued...
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More Recurring Events:
Main Street Rag Open Mic Series
Third Wednesday of Each Month, 6:30-9:30pm
So & So Books
704 N Person St., Raleigh
Features a new poet every month! Open to the Public and all writing genres welcome. Bring poems,
stories, or essays to read. After our featured poet, 12 people will read for 5 minutes, and any literary
genre is welcome. Social hour follows the readings at The Station at Person Street
If you would like to read your work at the Open Mic, sign your name on the clipboard at So & So
from 6:30 to 6:45. This event is co-sponsored by Main Street Rag Publishing Company and
is hosted by Beth Browne, Jane K. Andrews and Alice Osborn.
Center OpenMic
First Saturdays of Each Month, 7:00-10:00pm
Doors open at 6:30pm
Recommended for ages 13+
LGBT Center of Raleigh
411 Hillsborough St., Raleigh
We welcome people of all ages, identities, genders, colors, and sports team preferences.
The LGBT Center of Raleigh’s Open Mic Night seeks to teach members of the
community the power of their own voices and provide a safe place for them
to express themselves. Attendees are invited to share songs, poems, personal
stories, and anything interesting. They may also initiate discussions and share
anything that may be on their minds. Attendees are not required to share;
whether they do or not, we ask that they all respect each other’s identities,
pronouns, and experiences. The Center provides pizza and soda,
and guests are invited to bring more food to share.
For more info: http://www.lgbtcenterofraleigh.com/events.html
UNC Wordsmiths: Poetry Open Mic and Slam
Second Saturdays of Each Month, 6:00pm
UNC Campus Y
180A E. Cameron Avenue, YMCA Building, Chapel Hill
Every 2nd Saturday of the month (with some exceptions) UNC Wordsmiths hosts a poetry event for the all members of
the campus and local community, while also advocating a different social justice cause as the theme for each event.
Guarantee a spot by signing up in advance for either the open mic or the slam at [email protected]. The
event's first half is open mic - which is closed out by a feature- and the second half of the event is a 2-round poetry slam.
Poetry Workshops/Courses
Prompt Writing Class with Nancy Peacock
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Second Saturday of Each Month, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Flyleaf Books (next to Flying Burrito and Foster's Market)
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (Historic Airport Rd), Chapel Hill
www.flyleafbooks.com/event/free-prompt-writing-class-nancy-peacock-25
Serious writing begins with playful writing. Please join this unique ongoing group of supportive adult writers and play your
way into the possibilities of the written word. Based on the work of Natalie Goldberg (“Writing Down The Bones”, “Wild Mind”)
we set a timer for fifteen minutes and write using prompts as our launch pads. This class is free and open to the public.
Poetry Writing Class
Mondays, September 12 - November 14
7:00-9:00pm
Cost: $160, includes postage for mailing back poems
To Register: Call 919-545-9932
Location: Judy Hogan’s home in Moncure and by Skype
Judy Hogan will be offering a poetry writing class in her home in Moncure and by Skype. We will read selected poems from
W.B. Yeats Collected Poems and Seamus Heaney’s Opened Ground: Selected Poems 1966-1996. Students of any stage
of poetry writing are welcome. Assignments will be made based on the readings.
Judy Hogan has been teaching creative writing in the Triangle area since 1974. She has published six collections of poetry
through small presses. From 1976-91 she was founding editor of Carolina Wren Press.
Poetry Paddle!
October/November Date TBA
Cost: TBA
More details as they become available at http://www.taralynnegroth.com/writing-classes.html
Paddle along the Haw River and revel in nature. Bring along your own nature-inspired verse or that of your favorite poets.
We'll take time at lunch to write and have a floating open mic. Pack your own lunch. Bring your own canoe/kayak or rent one.
Revising Toward Clarity, Energy, and Elegance: a Poetry Workshop
Saturday, November 5
1:00-4:00pm
Cost: The workshop is free and open to the public
To Register: Call 919-245-2536 or on-line @ http://www.orangecountync.gov/calendar.php#Library%20Calendar
Location: Orange County Main Library, 137 W. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough NC
Someone once said, “Obfuscation is easy. It's clarity that's difficult,” words that certainly apply to poetry. Revising toward
greater clarity, beauty and elegance; finding the right energy for a poem—these are the good work of revision, where it's
easy to turn an exciting if incomplete first draft into a muddled mess. In this workshop, we'll examine techniques for
enhancing detail, reducing clutter, and fine-tuning the energy on the page, so that revision becomes a joy and not a
disappointment. Please bring 3-5 of your poems in need of attention. These will be for your use only; we will not
read them aloud in class. Writers working at all levels and in other genres are welcome.
Pam Baggett has worked as a co-op manager, gardener, mail-order nursery owner, freelance writer, lecturer, and writing
instructor. Recent poems appear or are forthcoming in Atlanta Review, Crab Orchard Review, Greensboro Review, Kakalak,
Kentucky Review, Nimrod, and Tar River Poetry. Work also appears in anthologies, including: Forgetting Home: Poems
About Alzheimers and The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume VII: North Carolina. She has been nominated for the
Pushcart Prize, co-hosts the Second Thursday Poetry Reading Series at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill.
Poetry Websites
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Poetry Websites
http://www.ncPoetrySociety.org
Home of The North Carolina Poetry Society, an all-volunteer organization especially for poets and friends of
poetry. There are approx. 370 members.
http://www.poets.org
Award-winning website of the Academy of American Poets. Find thousands of poems as well as hundreds of
poet biographies, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings. Also available are resources such as the National
Poetry Map, a national events calendar, and poetry lesson plans for teachers.
http://www.ncwriters.org/
Home of the North Carolina Writers' Network. The Network strives to lead, promote, educate, and–most
importantly–connect writers, at all levels of skill and experience, from across the state and beyond.
http://www.poemhunter.com
Poetry Search Engine with thousands of poems and poets.
http://poems.com
“Poetry Daily” is an anthology of contemporary
poetry. Each day, we bring you a new poem
from new books, magazines, and journals.
http://livingpoetry.net
Fascinated by the power of poetry, members of
Living Poetry are dedicated to keeping the pulse
of poetry alive in the North Carolina Triangle area.
http://poetry.meetup.com/cities/us/nc/
Join a Poetry Meet-Up in your area.
http://poetry.bellaonline.com
Visit for even more great content about Poetry.
http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=109
A community forum all about Poetry. You can participate in free, fun online discussions.
http://griffinpoetry.com/
Bill Griffin created this website to showcase vivid poetic imagery, from established as well as emerging poets. He
hopes you’ll read a line that reaches out and grabs you by the throat - the image that is so vivid, novel, sensual,
emotionally imperative - so satisfying you find yourself saying, Damn, I wish I’d written that!
http://theoriginalvangoghsearanthology.com
Seeking submissions of poetry, short stories, and art. Submission guidelines are on the site.
http://www.facebook.com/UNCwordsmiths
A student organization at the UNC at Chapel Hill founded for the purpose of hosting poetry events, functions,
and initiatives on campus. We serve as the collegiate branch of Sacrificial Poets.
https://writenaked.net/
Here you will find vignettes from the freelance writing life, behind-the-pen scoop on articles, tips for working with
editors, overviews of conferences, interviews with publishers, guest bloggers in the publishing industry, and a few
miscellaneous blogs with a writerly twist.
Carrboro Recreation & Parks
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By Request:
Poetry Revealed Presents
OPEN MIC NIGHTS!
Poet’s Open Mic Night at Open Eye Café
Join Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department
the first Tuesday of each month for this great
event! This is a night where poets can engage
with others and share the power and diversity of
poetry. The event is staged to provide a venue
for people to celebrate, to share, and to encourage
he writing, reading and listening to poetry.
Dates Held:
September 6
October 4
November 1
December 6
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department
100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro, NC 27510
919-918-7364
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Image Credits
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Image Credits
Cover, Old Railroad Track, (cropped), Michael LoRusso. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pepino1976/7559043962/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
Pg. 2, http://www.designveryeasy.com/download/Birds-Flying-Drawings-Tumblr-bird-watercolor-blue-jay-168140
Pg. 4, Beautiful, (saturation modified), Iulia Pironea. http://www.freestockphotos.biz/stockphoto/10019
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Pg. 7, Dark corridor in Montacute House (cropped, contrast & brightness modified), IDS.photos from Tiverton, UK.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dark_corridor_(4676385338).jpg
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
Pg. 12, Daniel Kitson's chair, Mc-Q. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mc-q/2510906537/
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
Pg. 15, white figure with pen. http://300palabrasdemarketing.com/comportamiento-humano/la-disciplina-el-factor-que-marca-la-diferencia/
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Pg. 16, poetry wordle (color modified), Angela Quiram.
https://readingafterbedtime.wordpress.com/tag/poems/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Pg. 18, photographer drawing.
http://tejasforyou.blogspot.com/2012/05/photo-collection-from-all-over-world.html
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/deed.en_US