I The moon likes to shine from different angles It changes its pose and each one is whole Not one thing I say one and move on like the moon across the sky I orbit round and back again Always changed but the same II Don’t tell me the moon is always full I can […]
1. This Easter I was missing having an Easter bonnet. And then this happened. 2. I like to call this series of shots “You Wear It Well.” 3. It all started when I was looking for flat bean seeds for planting and no one had them in Floyd, a crop failure I was told. Joe […]
_________Wordless Wednesday
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 21, 2022. A full house of family, friends and fans came out to The Floyd Country Store on Saturday to hear a home-coming performance by Floyd’s own rising star, Morgan Wade, who was fresh off her Grand Ole Opry debut in Nashville. Billed as a […]
My close friend for the past 3+ decades passed away this morning. I’m told it was a peaceful passing. Alwyn was 95. We had a 95th birthday for her at her Warm Hearth apartment this past November. Friends gathered, songs were sung (listen HERE), cake was eaten. The last time I saw her was for […]
1. The finches flocked / woodpeckers knocked / robins hopped / and the cardinals showed off. 2. Joe was away leading a retreat Easter weekend and so I spent Easter Sunday on my own, celebrating the return of spring by watching congregations of birds, planting potatoes and cold weather greens, enjoying the tulips and what […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 15, 2022. Emmaline Hicks, who hails from Indian Valley, has been singing since she was four or five years old and began writing her own music when she was 12. She grew up singing in local churches throughout Virginia as Emily Gerald, before adopting her […]
I got there early. Not only did I get a first-class seat (which happened to be a bench in front of the Floyd Country Store) while waiting for the doors to open for a Meet & Greet with our rising star homegirl Morgan Wade, I got a front row seat when I went inside. To […]
My mother had a red kitchen with apple and strawberry plates before her kitchen was red it was pink but her life was not rosy My father had two answers when asked ‘how are you?’ A good day answer was “I got out of bed I’m ahead of the game” A bad day answer was […]
1. The birds are my angels. Their old songs are new. I tell time through the windows by the flowers that are in bloom. 2. I carry my pen / like a lonely heart / ready for a love letter / Ready to be won over / and swept off my feet / by the […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 7, 2022. Joe Klein’s preparations to section hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to North Carolina took more time than his actual journey and involved researching and purchasing the best lightweight gear, preparing and freeze-drying meals, and taking practice day-hikes near his home along the […]
Poetry Society of Virginia’s Vice President Angie Dribben heads up a creative writing group at the Jessie Peterman Library in Floyd. Local poets joined with some of the group’s poets and other members of the Poetry Society of Virginia for an Open Mic on Saturday that Dribben’s emceed. Jack Callan, co-founder of the annual Little […]
