poet,
woodworking artist, editor, and literary event organizer in east tennessee

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poetry. nonfiction. interviews. reviews.

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poetry co-editor for Appalachian Places.

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maker using reclaimed wood and locally sourced materials.

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“B speaks of conjuring the spring for a consistency of light, of lightness.

Call it dandelion day, new ritual of using all parts of the flowered body to nurture

our own. Fan out in the field, instinct of following this golden breadcrumb trail

like bees, we are children again but I think of being told then to not pick the yellow

devils, told, where one weed disappears, another will grow. We hope for this, [. . .]

from

“Dandelion Wine”

in About Place Journal.

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