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  • Poetics,  Stories

    “The Garden You Called Eden” by Julie Pratt

    September 1, 2022 /

    ‘You return to me across a chasm in time since / we last sat in your kitchen, curtains quivering in / the warm breeze, my skin damp from cutting grass / with your old hand mower, the scent of peonies / you picked that morning and of toasted cheese / sandwiches and sliced ripe pears …’

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    5 QUESTIONS: With U.S. Beat Poet Laureate & WV native John Burroughs

    September 1, 2022 /

    John Burroughs, a native of Richwood WV, had his life saved by poetry back up in the Appalachian hills. Now, he is the National Beat Poet Laureate and a national touring and performing poet.

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  • Poetics,  Stories

    A Poetry Sampler from John Burroughs

    September 1, 2022 /

    "John Cage Engaged and Uncaged," "Redux Isn't Pronounced Ray Do, But That Hasn't Stopped Me," and "Dog Day" by John Burroughs

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  • Poetics,  Stories

    “The Revolt” by Connie Kinsey

    September 1, 2022 /

    ‘My hands cramp, fingers arching backward. / Arthritis. Two Advil daily. / My lower back aches, stooping my spine. / My arches continue their path to flat. / It feels like betrayal this revolt. / I was supple and graceful once upon a time. / First a disco queen and then a yoga diva …’

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  • Music/Video,  Poetics,  Stories

    POETRY/PERFORMED: Two Versions of “BOOM BOOM” by Crystal Good

    September 1, 2022 /

    Here are two versions of Crystal Good reading/performing her iconic poem "BOOM BOOM," which reflects on strip-mining mountains and women who strip off their clothes for money.

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  • Poetics,  Stories

    “Bound Stone” by Colleen Anderson

    September 1, 2022 /

    ‘The beauty isn’t in the choice of stone / (a freckled, putty-grey, slightly off-round / found object, a palm-sized half-pound / of not-even-semi-precious rock) but in/ the steady, deep attention to this one / among the many …’

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  • Poetics,  Q-and-A,  Stories

    Kick-starting a Youth Poet Laureate program in West Virginia’s capital city

    September 1, 2022 /

    Attention, high school-age poets and their teachers, friends, and parents: a Youth Poet Laureate program is underway in West Virginia's capital city. Here are some details.

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  • Poetics,  Stories

    “Appalachian Freshwater Pearls” by Owen P. Cramer

    September 1, 2022 /

    ‘I took your freshwater pearls, harvesting them / from an archeological site you call “home.” / I left nothing behind to give you pride / in where you live / because pride is a sin …’

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  • Poetics,  Stories

    “Teena’s Story (for Don West)” by Bob Henry Baber

    September 1, 2022 /

    ‘When I was little he seemed as strong / as the mountains, / but after a shuttle buggy busted loose / and ran over top of him, breaking his back in four places, / he just wasn't the same …’

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  • Q-and-A,  Stories

    5 QUESTIONS: From West Virginia to the San Francisco Bay and beyond

    September 1, 2022 /

    D. Scot Miller was a bright student from Dunbar, West Virginia, considered transgressive in class as he had a vision of how things might be better. What happened next bounced him to the other side of the country and a lively career as a writer, poet, thinker, and creator of The Afrosurreal Manifesto.

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  • Poetics,  Stories

    A Poetry Sampler from D. Scot Miller

    September 1, 2022 /

    The poems "The New Body," "Afro-surreal Generation," Woodshed," and "AfterGraph" by D. Scott Miller

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    5 QUESTIONS: Creating the universe with God, Gravity, Darkness & friends

    September 1, 2022 /

    John Berry is not shy in taking on poetic tasks, including "The Broken Poem and Other Strange Ideas About God," which tracks the offhand creation of the universe as God and buddies like Gravity and Darkness lend a hand.

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  • Poetics,  Stories

    “The Broken Poem” by John Berry

    September 1, 2022 /

    How God, Gravity, Silence, and Darkness whipped the universe into shape over the course of a few billion forevers ...

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  • Poetics,  Stories

    “Watoga 2021” by James Cochran

    September 1, 2022 /

    ‘Somewhere between Anhedonia and Ataraxy / we drive east on the turnpike in torrential / downpour, passing old man in rusted sedan / with driver's window down completely. / Is it broken, or is he just looking to feel something? …’

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    VIDEOGRAPHIC POEMS: 3 to Go

    September 1, 2022 /

    You might call it video poetry, but how about the more colorful coinage of 'videographic poetry.' Some examples of animated poetics from TheStoryIsTheThing.com series "Poems To Go."

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    “Fiery Thoughts” by Douglas John Imbrogno

    September 1, 2022 /

    ‘I am a devoted householder / & secret reprobate. / I am an insomniac & / daring dreamer. / I am eternal & / dying as we speak. / I am a teller of truths / & serial liar, too …’

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    INDEX: A guide to the August 2022 issue of WestVirginiaVille.com

    August 9, 2022 /

    Here's a linked guide to all the articles, essays, videos, and photographs in the August 2022 edition of WestVirginiaVille.com

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  • Editors/Notes,  Stories

    EDITORS/NOTE: About our August 2022 Issue from legislators to Lost River, thistles to abortion bans

    August 9, 2022 /

    In the midst of all the normal chaos of American and West Virginian political life, some good news breaks out. Plus, some worthy tales from worthy lives around the state. An overview of WestVirginiaVille's August 2022 edition.

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  • Editorial,  Stories

    EDITOR/IAL: Score one — a big one — for Manchin

    August 9, 2022 /

    The Earth wins one (with some important caveats) as Joe Manchin finally steps up and does right by the Biden administration's grand climate hopes. It's not everything, but it is a serious something.

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  • First/Person,  Stories

    FIRST/PERSON: Why I Have Four First Names

    August 9, 2022 /

    "They were both the most cussed, stubborn people you’d ever meet, my Dad and Mom, when they come together over something that stood them apart. “Both would not give up their position on the proper naming of you,” said K. “So, they agreed to disagree. And gave you all four names.”

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