West Virginia Writers Celebrate 40 Years of Literature Laura Jackson Roberts June 22, 2017 On the second weekend in June, a pack of strange and wonderful people descends upon the Cedar Lakes Conference Center in the green hills of Ripley, West Virginia. They’re artsy folk, young and old, with a...
It’s In Our Blood Candice Shea Maxwell November 22, 2016 We put traction to the dirt The sweat on our necks and the tears under our eyes are not just pleas but fuel No matter what you do no matter what you hurt or take we will always have...
Like Wildflowers in August Eileen Waggoner November 13, 2016 "How far to Thomas now?" Allegheny Mountain in the August twilight. Photo by Andrew Carroll. We both know the answer, roughly, but Caleb asks me anyway, partly out of habit, partly for the excuse to...
W.Va.’s Poet Laureate A Student Of Life Steve Novotney October 27, 2016 This Poet Laureate’s pace when he’s publicly reading his work is sometimes somewhat swift and steamed, but when Marc Harshman is embracing a conversation, the author chooses his words most carefully....
County Road 4 Chad Burrall October 13, 2016 cold porch lights chase me thirty miles per hour downhill to the Ohio past bison in greasy fields old company town hollow filled by skinny creek run full of yellow dog seeps out back behind a mine...
A Song for West Virginia Marc Harshman WV Poet Laureate September 17, 2016 2 Comments We give the mountains our names / and they stand still… — Irene McKinney Walnut Springs Mountain Reserve, near Union in Monroe County, West Virginia. Photo by Steve...
West Virginia: A Poem Aaron Kittle September 15, 2016 Your river veins, your heart of coal Seneca’s body, Spruce’s soul A quiet perfection–to some, unknown It is you, my God, my home Quivering dewdrop tracing stem Shaded eaves for root and...