by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist Everything you need to know can be learned at a poetry reading. I was early to Word Fest’s opening event. I was also on the wrong floor of the Asheville Center for Tourism, which is where Lenoir-Rhyne, Asheville Campus is located. (InContinue Reading
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist In Silence, comes the Muse. [ silence ] Silence deserves a capital “S”. There’s so little of it. If you don’t believe me, read One Square Inch of Silence: One Man’s Quest to Preserve Quiet, by Gordon Hempton, (Simon and Schuster). RuthContinue Reading
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist What an outrageous spring! I find myself walking around waving at mountains quoting e.e. cummings, “i thank you, god, for most this amazing day/for the leaping greenly spirit of trees,/ and a the blue true dream of sky,” and so on. IContinue Reading
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie Celebrate National Poetry Month all month long! Cut loose, man/woman up, dare, blare, revel in words. Buy a copy of the 2012 Asheville Poetry Review. Editor, Keith Flynn, has assembled a remarkable selection of poems ranging from Sam Hamill, R.T. Smith, Pablo Neruda, Tu Fu, greatContinue Reading
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist Poets love the sound of words. The privilege of being the new Poetry Editor for this magazine carries a responsibility to our community of writers and readers. You know that old saying, “Crime doesn’t pay,” well, neither does poetry. Poets write becauseContinue Reading
