1. Seeing poets Bruce Weigl and Claudia Emerson together at the VMI Poetry Symposium last weekend was as cool as seeing James Taylor and Carole King together in concert back in the 70’s. 2. Over the two-day symposium weekend there was a humorous discussion between Mara and me about the difference between pulpit and podium. […]
Poet pandemonium at the VMI Poetry Symposium The Power of Poetry makes us say Cheese It rhymes with Please Post Notes: Left to right, back row first, is (mostly): Kara, Mara, Julie, (and then Noren), Sharon, Sharon’s husband. Colleen and Melanie are in front. The first photo also shows VMI Professor Gordon Ball. To read […]
The following was published in The Floyd Press on April 10, 2008. Floyd County poet, Mara Robbins (pictured on the left) was one of three students representing nine regional schools to receive a first place award at a Poetry Symposium this past weekend. The symposium, titled “The Power of Poetry,” was a first time event, […]
1. On my way to Hollins University to meet Mara and her friends so that I could follow them to the Power of Poetry Symposium in Lexington, I had a full tank of gas and a choice to make. I could either focus on the road construction on Interstate 81 that would make me an […]
1. This is my version of ‘I can’t resist a man in uniform.’ 2. So I follow him around like an adoring fan. 3. This is him, my soccer coach husband, simulating the bicycle kick he did on the soccer field during practice earlier that day. 4. This is what the second part of a […]
1. On April fool’s day I wrote this fake news story: A fool resembling Donald Trump announced on April 1st that Thursday had been fired. People in board rooms across America were stunned at the turn of events and feared the lost revenue that would ensue. CEOs scrambled to book Friday, which overflowed into Saturday, […]
Shrill daffodil Bright yellow yell A trumpet for tight-lipped tulips – Colleen Redman 4/1/08
When it was first suggested that I write a story about the art and music scene in Floyd for the local paper, it felt like I was being asked to spin straw into gold. I tried to pitch a weekly arts column in an effort to break down what seemed like an impossible task into […]
