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28245
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Winners have been selected for the 2007 Indy Poetry Contest. Thomas Costello, Gabe Sealey-Morris, Debra Kaufman, and Garrison Somers finished 1, 2, 3, and Honorable Mention, respectively. Their poems, a short biography of the writers and a commentary on each winning poem is provided.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 17, April 2007,
p16-20
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28289
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Durham is becoming a national hotbed for spoken-word poetry. The Bull City Slam Team has been successful at national competitions and several festivals have been held in Durham to celebrate the genre. The history of slam poetry in the Triangle area and several area poets are recognized. The poetry has helped many through difficult struggles in their life and has attracted a church-like atmosphere for some.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 30, July 2007,
p39-41
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Record #:
28434
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Travis Smith, Mary Hennessy, and Kelly Jones are all winners of the 2015 Indy Poetry Contest. Each authors’ winning poem, an interview with them, and notes on their poems by the contests’ judge, Ross White, are included.
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31358
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Grace Freeman is a renown, award-winning poet who, for the last eight years, has worked as a poetry therapist at Gaston-Lincoln Mental Health Center in Gastonia. Freeman helps patients to reduce their anxiety and to express their true feelings through poetry. Her work has helped make poetry therapy as acceptable to health care institutions as alternative therapy techniques involving the creative and fine arts.
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31636
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John Foster West of Wilkes County is a writer of Appalachian folklore and folkways. West and photographer Bruce Roberts published a book of poems and photographs of life in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Selections from their book, “This Proud Land,” are presented in this article.
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34514
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The 1994 Carteret County Historical Society Annual Writing Contest winners were all middle school students from the Harkers Island School. The contest, which involved submitting a poem addressing historical people or events, was open to middle schoolers throughout the county. The first and second place poems from each grade are included in the article.
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7.Roanoke Island by Haywood, Marshall Delancey The North Carolina Booklet Vol. 13 Issue 1, July 1913
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34607
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Haywood composes a short poem documenting the landing of Captain Ralph Lane on Roanoke Island in 1585.
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The North Carolina Booklet
(NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 13 Issue 1, July 1913,
p45-46
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Record #:
34625
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This article is a reprint of an 1865 poem written by Narcissa Davis. Davis worked as a Confederate nurse in Goldsboro and an activist for the war cause. The poem addresses the tragedy and sacrifice of the American Civil War.
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34662
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Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina Literary Hall of Famer and poet, discusses the inspiration and processes behind her work. She attributes her recent writing to suffering several close losses, engaging in activism, and involvement in community.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 25 Issue 1, 2016,
p100-109, il, por, f
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34667
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Native North Carolina poet James Applewhite sat down for an interview with Rob McDonald. Together, they discussed how he came to be a writer, the themes throughout his work, and the sense of community that comes with being a writer in North Carolina.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 25 Issue 1, 2016,
p184-196, il, por, f
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Record #:
35060
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Several verses divided by categories such as derogatory rhymes, friendship, nursery rhyme parodies, advice, and cryptograms.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Sept 1954,
p23-31
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35134
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A letter, in the form of a ballad, was sent by the author and his sister to his brother David, essentially catching up since their last correspondence.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Dec 1956,
p22-26
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35135
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The widow, Grace Greenlee Bowman, wrote a short poem about her husband’s passing.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Dec 1956,
p27
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35190
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This is an anonymously published poem written in a combination of English and Latin, describing an incident of a student of throwing a rock at the University of Mississippi’s president, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. Deduced later to have been written by President Longstreet, he pokes fun at himself for being the victim of the event.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 10 Issue 2, Dec 1962,
p14-16
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Record #:
35192
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Including photographs, poems, a speeches, and quotes, the author describes the annual tradition of firing guns on New Year’s Day. It had been brought over from Germany and taken up by many of the residents in Cherryville, NC.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 10 Issue 2, Dec 1962,
p20-27
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