Abstract:
The easy part is choosing a list of poems from the state's numerous poets, but bringing that list down to just ten that capture North Carolina is not. These ten come from \"exhaustive research, debate, and compromise.\" The list includes poetry by A.R. Ammons, George Moses Horton, and Ron Rash. The introduction to the collection is written by Billy Collins, a two-term Poet Laureate of the United States.