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Posts tagged Southern Poetry

On dreams & things (poem)

On dreams & things (poem)

A poem of my random thoughts about how I want my life to look and feel. “I do and I don’t have what it takes, either way, time will pass.”

PoetrySamantha RayJanuary 17, 2023Poetry, Poem, North Carolina Poem, Southern Poetry, Homestead, Dreaming Wildly, Women Poets, Female Poets, Female Writers, Modern American Poet, Modern American Poetry, Simple Living, Southern WriterComment

Miracle Stuff (In Memory of Jeanne)

Miracle Stuff (In Memory of Jeanne)

A poem in memory of a really awesome lady, Jeanne.

Faith, PoetrySamantha RayAugust 24, 2022Poetry, Poetry about Loss, Poetry about Death, Life After Death, Poet, Women Poets, Modern Poetry, Modern American Poet, Modern American Writers, Raleigh Poetry, Southern Poetry, North Carolina Poetry, American PoetryComment

How Farmers' Markets Healed Me

How Farmers' Markets Healed Me

Here’s a little story about a time that I was very alone, very broke, and a little broken, too, and how the simple act of going to the local farmers market taught me some helpful life lessons I’ve kept in my pocket (and provided yum for my tum, too).

Passengerside

Passengerside

A poem about riding through the countryside with the windows down at sunset.

PoetrySamantha RayAugust 10, 2021Poetry, Poem, Southern Poetry, Modern American Poet, American Poetry, Modern American Writers, Raleigh Poet, Raleigh Poetry, Modern Poetry, North Carolina Writer, North Carolina Poetry, Women Poets, Women Who Write, Summer Night Aesthetic, Late Autumn Poem, Late Autumn Feels Comment

Sturdy Roots

Sturdy Roots

I Have Not Tasted My Last First

I Have Not Tasted My Last First

Kindreds Series, PoetrySamantha RayMarch 2, 2020Poetry, poet, Modern Poetry, Southern Poetry, Nashville, Creativity, Creative ExpressionComment

A Poem about June (at 6am in Winter)

A Poem about June (at 6am in Winter)

PoetrySamantha RayDecember 19, 2019poet, Poetry, American Poetry, Modern American Writers, Modern American Poet, Modern Poetry, Southern Poetry, North Carolina Poetry, North Carolina, June, Poetry about JuneComment

To Honey

To Honey

PoetrySamantha RaySeptember 2, 2019Poetry, Modern Poetry, American Poetry, Modern American Poet, Modern American Writers, Raleigh Poetry, Southern Poetry, Pets, Losing a Pet, EulogyComment

SL no. 1

SL no. 1

PoetrySarah FaucetteFebruary 13, 2019Poetry, Modern Poetry, Modern American Poet, Modern American Writers, Raleigh Poetry, Southern Writer, Southern Poetry Comment

Some Verse

Some Verse

PoetrySarah FaucetteFebruary 12, 2019Poet, Poetry, Modern Poetry, Raleigh Poet, North Carolina Poetry, Southern Poetry, Mo, Modern American Poet, Modern American WritersComment

Lost and found

Lost and found

PoetrySarah FaucetteFebruary 12, 2019North Carolina Poetry, North Carolina Poem, Poet, North Carolina Poet, Southern Poetry, Southern Writer, Modern Poetry, American Poetry, Modern American PoetComment

Near Silent Places

Near Silent Places

PoetrySarah FaucetteFebruary 12, 2019Poetry, poet, Raleigh Writer, North Carolina Poetry, North Carolina Poet, Modern American Poet, Southern Poetry, Writer, North Carolina WriterComment

In the World Away

In the World Away

PoetrySarah FaucetteFebruary 12, 2019Poetry, Southern Poetry, Poet, Raleigh Poetry, American Poetry, Modern American Writers, Modern American Poet, North Carolina PoetryComment

Sleep

Sleep

PoetrySarah FaucetteFebruary 12, 2019Poet, Poetry, Raleigh Poetry, American Poetry, North Carolina Poetry, Modern American Poet, Southern Poetry, Writer, Southern WriterComment

I Forgot the Music

I Forgot the Music

PoetrySarah FaucetteFebruary 12, 2019Poetry, Poet, Raleigh Writer, Raleigh Poetry, North Carolina Poetry, North Carolina Writer, North Carolina Poet, American Poetry, Southern Poetry, Modern American PoetComment

he reads

he reads

sink

sink