Gratitude by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist – I celebrated a BIG birthday in August. My favorite gift was a gratitude journal. Page after page is filled…
The Poets Voice: September 2015
The Last Word by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist – “Poetry is a spell against death.” ~ Richard Eberhart A poet’s job is to be brave and…
The Poets Voice: August 2015
Write Across the Threshold by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist DA CAPO Jane Hirshfield Take the used-up heart like a pebble and throw it far out. Soon…
The Poets Voice: July 2015
Writing Home by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist Dear reader, this is a letter. I hear they’re “old hat.” I am a letter writer. I write my…
The Poets Voice: June 2015
They Paved Paradise! by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist – “There is only one question / How to love this world.” ~ Mary Oliver Mary tells us…
The Poets Voice: May 2015
Tra-La! I’m A Word Processor! by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist The first verse from Kenneth Goldsmith’s poem, I Look to Theory Only When I Realize That…
The Poets Voice: April 2015
Fingerprints by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist “Writers need to understand the distinction between wanting to be published and what they really want. Publication is a means…
The Poets Voice: March 2015
March Madness by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist This is Basketball Month! It is also National Peanut Month, National Nutrition Month, National Women’s History Month, and American…
The Poets Voice: February 2015
Martyrs to Truth by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist Tell It Slant Truth tellers, raise your pens! It is our job to be brave. It is our…