This poem was written just over ten years ago, in February 2009. The poem itself is fairly blunt, though its title is a play on
Tag: southern poetry
(Unpublished) #Poem: “I should’ve been George Willard”
Three of my favorite literary works are Thornton Wilder’s 1936 play Our Town, Sherwood Anderson’s 1919 short story collection Winesburg, Ohio, and Edgar Lee Master’s
#Poetry on The Plains: Third Thursdays in Auburn
Because of its understated prominence in our culture, poetry could be called “the other Southern literature.” When most people use the term Southern literature, they
(Unpublished) #Poem: “Point to Something Red”
This poem, based on a personal experience, was written in April 2011. It doesn’t need much explanation, since the narrative is fairly clear and not
Dirty Boots: “Rubin, Resistance, and the ‘Rear Guard Action'”
The late Louis D. Rubin, Jr. was a giant among the men and women who have thought and written about the American South. Among his
(Unpublished) #Poem: A #haiku series
I wrote this series of haiku about a year ago, in November 2017. I’ve liked haiku for a long time, and that fondness was cemented,
