A Confluence: Poetry and Jazz by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist April shares her great transformation with poetry and jazz. Some committee somewhere designated April National Poetry…
The Poets Voice: March 2014
Find Your Own Voice by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist The title for this column comes from a musician of profound ability and charisma, Amit Peled. Mr….
The Poets Voice: February 2014
The Sound of Words by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist Sound is the gold in the ore of poetry. ~ Robert Frost…
The Poets Voice: January 2014
Opened by Wonder by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist My niece sent me a postcard with these words on the front: “I’d rather have a mind opened…
The Poets Voice: December 2013
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist More Is Too Much We are in the season of excess: more! more! more! Excess is what it is… too much….
The Poets Voice: November 2013
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist An Oasis of Peace I spent four October days in St. Paul, MN. I taught writing classes at Wisdom Ways Center…
The Poets Voice: October 2013
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist Nesting Dolls Oksana, my Russian daughter-in-law gave me a set of nesting dolls last Christmas. There are five of them. They nestle…
The Poets Voice: September 2013
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist See If You Can Stop A poet thrust his poems into Robert Frost’s hands. “Mr. Frost, should I go on writing?” Frost…
The Poets Voice: August 2013
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist Go Fish Woods were my father’s sanctuary. Where a small tributary trickled into the James River, he sat on the bank still…