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39664
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A poem about the old barns that are scattered throughout the North Carolina countryside.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 64 Issue 1 & 2, 2017,
p46
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35377
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A poem from a woman who lived on a Native American reservation.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970,
p142
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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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35604
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A poem about an old man who is happy to live life one day at a time.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 2, May 1973,
p72
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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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35335
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Gaining the setting from the title, five stanzas about the flora they had come across and identified by the guide.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 17 Issue 1, May 1969,
p39
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Record #:
35545
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A poem about a rich man who had died and left all his money.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Aug 1972,
p138
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35549
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After visiting family in Texas, two people become anxious to get back to an area that has hills.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 4, Nov 1972,
p158
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35713
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A poem about the setting comparisons between the country and the city.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Aug 1975,
p88
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Record #:
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 #:
27867
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The winners of the annual IndyWeek poetry contest are announced. The topic that unites this year’s winners is nostalgia and regret. Winners include: first place, Robin Kirk’s “Carolina Parrot; second place, Julia Greenberg’s “Cross-section of a Hayfield;” third place, David D. Marshall’s “The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island;” and honorable mention, James A. Hawley’s “Lump.” The winner’s poems, their meanings explained by the poet, and a short biography of each poet is included.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 8, February 2010,
p16-21
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Record #:
27792
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The Indie Poetry Contest has named its winners for 2011. Ricky Garini placed first; Matthew Valades, second; Alisha Gard, third; and P.J. Gallo received an honorable mention. Repetition and the number three tied all four poets work together as the theme for this year. Each poet’s winning poem is printed with a short biography of the poet and an explanation of the poem.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 8, February 2011,
p16-21
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Record #:
35474
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A poem about a boy who tried to follow in Icarus’s wing-flaps.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 4, Nov 1971,
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Record #:
35537
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A woman reflects on her past as she visits her dying grandmother.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 2, May 1972,
p97
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Record #:
10218
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John Henry Boner was born in Salem, North Carolina, in 1845. Rogers recounts incidents in the life of this little-known North Carolina poet.
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