My Laureate's Lasso

(At the state Capitol with Linda Carlisle , Head of the Dept. of Cultural Resources, and new Poet Laureate Cathy Smith Bowers) On Wednesday ...

(Photo by Ranger Thomas Randolph, Mount Jefferson State Natural Area-- http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/moje/main.php ) What every mount...

Contrary to an earlier post, our new poet laureate Cathy Smith Bowers will not be posting to this blog. She will have her own site thro...

(John York, NC Teacher of the Year, at the NC English Teachers Banquet in Winston-Salem) John York has been a friend of mine for many years...

Photo credit: Jeff Davis. This photo of Cathy was snapped at the studios of WPVM when she appeared earlier this year on WordPlay, the stat...

Two weeks ago, redroom.com asked its members to blog on the topic of "my favorite poem." How could I choose? One poem from all t...

Alex Grant is a Promethean poet, which I know sounds maybe a bit pretentious. But he seems to be everywhere--publishing poems in just abo...