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    POETICS: “Appalachian Marie Kondo” by Crystal Good

    May 27, 2022 /

    I live in the disorder of a missing mother. / I sit in the middle of my mess. / I hear my mother’s voice: / You don’t need this. / This doesn't fit. / When was the last time you used this? ...

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    POEM: “Haymaking”

    February 20, 2021 /

    We cut, rake, and bale / till the sun goes down and the dew settles on the fields, / then start again next morning once the dew burns off ...

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    PHOTOPOEM: “When Hay Bales Speak to You”

    February 11, 2021 /

    Let’s talk hay bales. I have, perhaps like you, been spying hay 
bales most all my life. Yet, in all that time haven’t met a hay bale. Up close. The other day, I had my chance.

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    VIDEO: “The Edge of Day”

    February 9, 2021 /

    Thoughts on high while at the edge of day. An original short video production featuring imagery and music by Bobby Lee Messer and words by Kim Wilkinson.

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    POEM | “The Greats” by PJ Laska

    October 28, 2020 /

    ‘The Great Tower/ The Great  Wall/ The Great Power/ Conquering All/ The Great Look/ The Great Weave/ The Great Assets/ Of Make-Believe … ‘ | A Poem by PJ Laska

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    VIDEO/POEM: A Brief Visit to “Magic Mountain” in West Virginia

    September 23, 2020 /

    What happened one night on Folklife Mountain in the West Virginia heartland. Some called it Magic Mountain.

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    POEM | “Nous Celeron” by Douglas John Imbrogno

    August 14, 2020 /

    'Don’t you, Nous Céleron, wish to lay down your arms? Enter the Ohio’s cool darkness, or the Chinodahichetha! Sounding out each syllable as a Wyandotte might utter them ...

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    POETICS| An Almost Heaven & James Brown Upbringing

    June 12, 2020 /

    I was raised on Almost Heaven and Hee Haw/Taught to love God and the UMWA/I was an odd little Black girl/Growing up in the coalfields of West Virginia ...

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