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Nancy Simpson's LIVING ABOVE THE FROST LINE, New and Selected Poems was published by Carolina Wren Press (N.C. Laureate Series, 2010.) She is the author of ACROSS WATER and NIGHT STUDENT, State Street Press, still available on WWW at Alibris and Books Again. Her poems have been published in Southern Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, The Georgia Review and other literary magazines. "Carolina Bluebirds" was published in THE POETS GUIDE TO THE BIRDS, Anhinga Press). "Grass" was reprinted in the 50th Anniversary Issue of Southern Poetry Review: DON'T LEAVE HUNGRY ( U.of Arkansas Press.) Seven poems were reprinted in the textbook, SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN POETRY,(McFarland.) Two poems were published in SOLO CAFE, Two more poems were published in SOLO NOVO."In the Nantahala Gorge" was published in Pisgah Review. "Studying Winter" was reprinted in Pirene's Fountain Anthology and "The Collection" in Collecting Life Anthology. Most recently, Southern Poetry Review Edited by James Smith, published "Our Great Depression," and The Southern Poetry Anthology Vol. VII: NORTH CAROLINA,Edited by William Wright, reprinted "Leaving in the Dead of Winter."

Thursday, January 22, 2009

"When wintertime comes to the mountains" - first line of the poem by Dorothea S. Spiegel

2 comments:

Victoria said...
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Nancy Simpson said...

Readers, The Victoria comment you may have seen here has not been deleted. It was moved to the 17 seventeen comment conversation at the end of the post on Inaurural Poet Elizabeth Alexander. If you are a practicing poet, if you care about poetry and how it works, if you know the value of line breaks, and the value of having a poem read aloud along with a definitive copy in your hand, if you care about language, read the conversation between poets: Glenda Beall, Brenda Kay Ledford, Judy Roney, Karen Holmes, Nancy Simpson, N.C. Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer and others.

Meanwhile, the topic is "WINTER" with a poem by
Dorothea S. Spiegle.