NCPS Members Poetry Books

Sandra Ervin Adams	UNION POINT PARK POEMS Publisher: The Publishing Laboratory UNCW (2006) Wilmington, NC This collection of poetry contains ten "snapshot" poems written over a two-year-period at Union Point Park, New Bern, NC. They originated from close observation and the putting together of details to form a mood.
	Contact: Sandra Ervin Adams 3662 Richlands Hwy, Lot 4, Jacksonville, NC 28540-0916 morestevie2000@hotmail.com
Margaret Boothe Baddour	SCHEHERAZADE Publisher: St. Andrews Press (2009) Laurinburg, NC My first book since Easy Magic moves through regions of the eternal feminine and is divided into four parts, all about women's names and identities: Scheherazade, Mary of the Moon, The Transit of Venus, and The Properties Mistress.
	Contact: Margaret Boothe Baddour 125 Pineridge Lane, Goldsboro, NC 27534 mbb@waynecc.edu
Grey Brown	WHEN THEY TELL ME Publisher: Finishing Line Press (2009) Georgetown, KY A chapbook of poems narrating the author's experience raising a daughter on the autism spectrum. "In intimate conversation with the reader, conversation that never becomes maudlin or overwrought, the poet takes us with her through the grief and fierce love, the wrenching knowledge and stone acceptance - and her joyous moments - as the mother of an autistic daughter." - Betty Adcock
	STAYING IN Publisher: Harper Prints (1992) Hendersonville, NC Winner of the 1992 North Carolina Writers' Network Poetry Chapbook competition. "Staying In is a wonderful collection of poems - heartbreaking, tough and true. Grey Brown takes on the difficult past, layered like dirty wax on a grade school floor: the limitations of living in a small tobacco town, and especially the complexities of family dynamics...."
	Contact: Grey Brown 604 Bolin Creek Dr., Carrboro, NC 27510 ggbclay@yahoo.com
Sally Buckner	STRAWBERRY HARVEST Publisher: St. Andrews Press (1986) Laurinburg, NC Poetry collection; I am the author.
	COLLATERAL DAMAGE Publisher: Main Street Rag (2007) Charlotte, NC Collection of poems about humanity's propensity for war; I am the author.
	WORD AND WITNESS: 100 Years of North Carolina Poetry Publisher: Carolina Academic Press (1999) Durham, NC Anthology of NC poems written during the 20th century; brief bios of the poets as well as historical notes about the development of poetry in this state during that time; I am the editor.
	OUR WORDS, OUR WAYS: Reading and Writing in North Carolina Publisher: Carolina Academic Press (1991, 1995) Durham, NC Anthology of North Carolina writings designed to accompany eighth-grade studies of NC history; writings, brief biographies, "previews," and language notes. A teachers' guide is also available. I am the editor.
	Contact: Sally Buckner 164 Wee Loch Dr., Cary, NC 27607 bucknersb@bellsouth.net
Ann Campanella	WHAT FLIES AWAY Publisher: Main Street Rag (2006) Charlotte, NC The story in poetry of the author's mother's descent into Alzheimer's, her father's death, and the miracle of her daughter's birth.
	OUTRUNNING THE RAIN Publisher: Mount Olive College Press (2006) Mount Olive, NC
	Contact: Ann Campanella 15015 Black Farms Rd., Huntersville, NC 28078 awcamp@bellsouth.net
Bud Caywood	FIVE OF A KIND Publisher: Amaranth Press (2007) Hickory, NC Chapbook of reflections on beginnings, endings, and the spirituality of self.
	THE FEATHER COLLECTOR Publisher: Amaranth Press (2005) Hickory, NC Chapbook of traditional Japanese haiku including selected haiku by Gina Ball.
	WINGS LIKE RAIN Publisher: Amaranth Press (2005) Hickory, NC A chapbook of poems exploring the sensuality of rain.
	ART Publisher: Amaranth Press (2004) Hickory, NC A chapbook of new poems and selected art by the author.
	LIKE PAPER DOLLS Publisher: Amaranth Press (2004) Hickory, NC A chapbook of new and selected poems and prose.
	NORTH TOWARD NOON Publisher: Amaranth Press (2004) Hickory, NC A collection of poems about mountains and rivers.
	THE RIVER Publisher: Amaranth Press (2004) Hickory, NC Chapbook about rivers and the language of water.
	THEY STILL ALL BURST AT ONCE Publisher: Amaranth Press (2003) Hickory, NC Chapbook of poetry about gardens and flowers.
	BLUE Publisher: Amaranth Press (2001) Hickory, NC A first collection of selected poems. Poetry about people and places and the natural world.
	Contact: Bud Caywood 434 River Haven Drive, Taylorsville, NC 28681 caywoodstudio@charter.net
Nancy Kenney Connolly	THE COLOR OF DUST Publisher: Old Mountain Press (1999) Fayetteville, NC Lyric reflections on life.
	33 SHADES OF GREEN Publisher: Self (2001) Atlanta, GA With co-author and artist, Jeannine Sharkey.
	I TAKE THIS WORLD Publisher: Main Street Rag (2002) Charlotte, NC Multicultural poems set in India. Winner of the 2002 Main Street Rag chapbook contest.
	SECOND WIND Publisher: MoppetWorks (2007) Austin, TX A book of personal and philosophical reflections.
	Contact: Nancy Kenney Connolly 222 Old Fayetteville Rd., # K-203, Carrboro, NC 27510 nkconnolly@gmail.com
Timothy Crowley	IMMIGRATION EMIGRATION DIVERSITY: An Anthology Publisher: The Chapel Hill Press, Inc. (2005) Chapel Hill, NC Editors: Timothy F. Crowley, Jaki Shelton Green This collection of poetry chronicles the ebb and flow of humankind, a movement that brings days and nights of unrest and creates the vitality of barriers both crossed and softened every day. Note: All earnings from this effort are deposited in the www.writersforpeace.org fund and used to finance any future events associated with it.
	Contact: Timothy Crowley 203 Old Forest Creek Dr., Chapel Hill, NC 27514 MENTORMARK@aol.com
Robin Dare	TRANSPONDER Publisher: Rank Stranger Press (2006) Mt. Olive, NC A chapbook of mostly prose poems that mix passion with verbal facility and humor.
	Contact: Robin Dare 108 St. John's Ct., Chocowinity, NC 27817 gryhoundpoet@aol.com
Ray Dotson	AND THE NIGHT RUMBLES PAST Publisher: Mt. Olive College Press (1992) Mt. Olive, NC Winner of the first annual Mt. Olive College Press Chapbook Contest.
	Contact: Ray Dotson 184 Quail Dr., Dudley, NC 28333 e-mail Ray Dotson
Terri Kirby Erickson	TELLING TALES OF DUSK Publisher: Press 53 (2009) Winston-Salem, NC Coupling the candor and aplomb of Olds with the more profound and lyrical of Lux, Terri Kirby Erickson's subject matter spans the width between a lone Ferris wheel at a county fair and the vagaries of aging in the face of youth. — Jubal Tiner, editor of Pisgah Review.
	Contact: Terri Kirby Erickson 130 Sedgewick Ridge Ct., Winston-Salem, NC 27023 tkerickson@triad.rr.com
John Ferree	ROAD DREAMING – POEMS FROM A RIDING LIFE Publisher: Self (2001) Asheboro, NC Poems about the places, roads, people, and moments experienced while traveling around the country alone on motorcycles.
	Contact: John Ferree 4485 Fork Creek Mill Road, Seagrove, NC 27341 roaddreamin@yahoo.com
Janice Moore Fuller	SEX EDUCATION Publisher: Iris Books (2004) Oak Ridge, TN A full-length collection of poems.
	Contact: Janice Moore Fuller 322 E. Council St. #2A, Salisbury, NC 28144 jfuller26@carolina.rr.com
Jacqueline Elva Gray	THE SPIRAL MIND Publisher: Potts, Potts-Gonzales (1999) Durham, NC 1999 Persephone Award. Uses Meso-American motifs: The Creative process/Calendar Cycle of the Milky Way prophecy we can change/The maya Medicine wheel. The Way of right relationships. Illustrations in color.
	Contact: Jacqueline Elva Gray 2125 Sheffield Rd., Raleigh, NC 27610 Elvagray@earthlink.net
Bill Griffin	BARB QUILL DOWN Publisher: Pudding House Publications (2004) Columbus, Ohio A finalist in the annual Looking Glass Poetry Chapbook Competition. 30 poems divided into three sections. Not about birds, but in each poem a bird appears as image or metaphor.
	Contact: Bill Griffin 131 Bon Aire Rd., Elkin, NC 28621 ewgryphon@aol.com
Elizabeth Hobbs	A CRAVING FOR THE GOATMAN Publisher: Goose River Press (2003) Waldoboro, Maine Refers to the mythological figure of Pan. The poems are a rich mixture of the pleasures of love, the pain of loss, political turmoil, humor, the wonders of of art, the thrill of discovery. Available on CD as well.
	POEMS FROM THE LAKE Publisher: Goose River Press (2003) Waldoboro, Maine Provides an intimate glimpse into long summers at a Maine lakeside cottage. Available on CD as well.
	Contact: Elizabeth Hobbs 2022 Wilson St., Durham, NC 27705 LizaBeneHobbs@aol.com
Arnie Johanson	A MAN AND A HORSE Publisher: Ortenstone Press (2007) Durham, NC A philosopher's poetic reflections on life, mostly humorous, but always serious.
	Contact: Arnie Johanson 17 Governors Place, Durham NC 27705 ajohan@juno.com
Debra Kaufman	FAMILY OF STRANGERS Publisher: Nightshade Press (1990) Troy, Maine
	STILL LIFE BURNING Publisher: Poetry Society of South Carolina (1997) Mt. Pleasant, SC Winner of the Kinloch Rivers Chapbook Competition, 1996.
	A CERTAIN LIGHT Publisher: Emrys Press (2001) Greenville, SC
	MOON MIRROR WHISKEY WIND Publisher: Pudding House Press (2009) Columbus, Ohio
	Contact: Debra Kaufman 207 W. Holt St., Mebane, NC 27302 kaufman57@gmail.com
Nancy Tripp King	TOBACCO BLOSSOMS AND THE PULLED-TIGHT TWINE Publisher: Main Street Rag (2003) Charlotte, NC
	Contact: Nancy Tripp King 402 Decatur Rd., Jacksonville NC 28540 lking3@ec.rr.com
Richard Krawiec	BREAKDOWN: A FATHER'S JOURNEY Publisher: Main Street Rag (2008) Charlotte, NC A poetic journal of a father's struggle to endure a wife's mental illness and protect his sons from her destructive demons. "Krawiec's courageous, unblinking art has created a collection that is both terrifying and beautiful. The poems that he has wrought from this struggle are harrowing, yet tender. They are, finally, nothing less than love poems." - Kay Byer
	Contact: Richard Krawiec 319 Wilmot Dr., Raleigh NC 27606 rkwriter@gmail.com
Bruce Lader	LANDSCAPES OF LONGING Publisher: Main Street Rag (2009) Charlotte, NC "The longing in this book is for justice, for lives lived without emotional and physical harm, for understanding of what retribution really means, and the complex aspects of true forgiveness....a powerful, unsparing, and yet tender book about the realities of self and culture that have assailed us since the beginning of human time." -Kathryn Stripling Byer
	DISCOVERING MORTALITY Publisher: March Street Press (2005) Greensboro, NC 80 pages, Brockman-Campbell Book Award Honorable Mention. Fred Chappell: "wry and pointed humor, pungent details, and telling episodes—contains enough strong material for several volumes."
	Contact: Bruce Lader 713 Barksdale Dr., Raleigh NC 27604 BridgesBL@aol.com
Brenda Kay Ledford	PATCHWORK MEMORIES Publisher: Self (1998) Hayesville, NC
	SHEW BIRD MOUNTAIN Publisher: Finishing Line Press (2006) Georgetown, KY These poems come out of the distinct culture of southwestern North Carolina, a world in her poems full of a past which is present, lively with memories of quiltings, blackberry pickings, and the changing seasons around Shew Bird Mountain. And her family is everything to her here. You will read the book often to feel a way of life that, even as it changes, cannot ever be forgotten.
	Contact: Brenda Kay Ledford 450 Swaims Road, Hayesville, NC 28904-7142 ledfordbrenda@hotmail.com
David T. Manning	LIGHT SWEET CRUDE Publisher: Pudding House Publications (2009) Columbus, Ohio Mostly humor.
	THE FLOWER SERMON Publisher: Main Street Rag (2007) Charlotte, NC The Flower Sermon is a full-length poetry collection. Themes include: the spirit, wilderness, night and dreams, and when the world was young.
	DETAINED BY THE AUTHORITIES Publisher: Pudding House Publications (2007) Johnstown, Ohio
	THE ICE-CARVER Publisher: Longleaf Press / Methodist College (2004) Fayetteville, NC Winner of the Longleaf Press Poetry Award 2004.
	OUT AFTER DARK Publisher: Pudding House Publications (2003) Johnstown, Ohio
	POETS ANONYMOUS Publisher: Old Mountain Press (2001) Fayetteville, NC In Poets Anonymous, a self-help group of poetry addicts shares confessions of old schoolyard scrapes, troublesome neighbors, and golf-partners returned from the dead. Recollections of college years, the corporate world, and rural antics give rise to ironic commentary.
	NEGOTIATING PHYSICS AND OTHER POEMS Publisher: Old Mountain Press (1999) Fayetteville, NC Negotiating Physics celebrates the lives of a variety of critters in the animal and plant kingdoms, observed in their suburban habitats.
	Contact: David T. Manning 422 Knotts Valley Lane, Cary, NC 27519 dbtm@mindspring.com
Joan McLean	UP FROM DUST Publisher: Finishing Line Press (2009) Georgetown, KY Poetry Chapbook
	Contact: Joan McLean 1312 Woody Store Rd., Siler City, NC 27344 js-mclean@earthlink.net
Susan Meyers	KEEP AND GIVE AWAY Publisher: University of South Carolina Press (2006) Columbia, SC Winner of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, selected by poet Terrance Hayes.
	LESSONS IN LEAVING Publisher: Persephone Press (1998) Whispering Pines, NC Seventh Persephone Press Book Award, selected by poet Brendan Galvin.
	Contact: Susan Meyers P.O. Box 188, Summerville, SC 29484 BardOwl2@aol.com
Alice Osborn	RIGHT LANE ENDS Publisher: Catawba Publishing (2006) Charlotte, NC Explores loss, love, and family relationships through the lens of driving and being a driver. The poems are powerful and personal and deal with past and present experiences that connect universally with readers. "Whether the subject is small (a mosquito) or momentous (a lynching), Alice Osborn treats every experience with memorable images and sharp vision." - Sally Buckner
	Contact: Alice Osborn 9660-138 Falls of Neuse #294, Raleigh, NC 27615 avosborn@earthlink.net
Scott Owens	THE FRACTURED WORLD Publisher: Main Street Rag (2008) Charlotte, NC "A courageous examination of the long term effects of child abuse in our society" (Tim Peeler). "A powerful, disturbing look at our contemporary fractured world" (Kay Byer).
	THE PERSISTENCE OF FAITH Publisher: Sandstone Publishing (1993) Charlotte, NC "A fresh strong rethinking, reknowing of our religious truths" (Fred Chappell). "The excellent debut of a new voice in American poetry" (Stuart Dischell).
	Contact: Scott Owens 838 4th Ave. Dr. NW, Hickory, NC 28601 asowens1@yahoo.com
Rebecca Pierre	A MYSTERY OF MOON Publisher: Main Street Rag (2005) Charlotte, NC Visual as well as introspective poems concerning experiences that fate pushes before us all.
	Contact: Rebecca Pierre 129 NE 36th Street, Oak Island, NC 28465 onceaseapoet@hotmail.com
Brenda Poole	PILGRIM IN AN UNHOLY LAND Publisher: A Modern Woman Publishing (2003) Graham, NC Poems about life, love, nature, faith and the condition of the world.
	Contact: Brenda Poole 214 Carden Road, Graham, NC 27253 pool5450@bellsouth.net
Barbara Presnell	SHERRY'S PRAYER Publisher: North Carolina Humanities Council (2004) Greensboro, NC Winner of the 2004 Linda Flowers Prize. A suite of poems in the first person voices of millworkers in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Photos.
	LOS HIJOS Publisher: Longleaf Press / Methodist College (2002) Fayetteville, NC Los Hijos, a collection of 19 poems, chronicles Presnell’s journey into Mexico with her journalist husband, son, and missionaries.
	UNRAVELINGS Publisher: Longleaf Press / Methodist College (1998) Fayetteville, NC Winner of the Longleaf Press Competition and the Oscar Arnold Young Award for Best Book, 1999. Chapbook of poems with a southern lyrical voice.
	SNAKE DREAMS Publisher: Nightshade Press (1994) Troy, Maine Winner of the Zoe Kincaid Brockman Award for Best Book, 1995. From snakes to string beans, Elvis to Daniel Boone, Snake Dreams is a true Southern experience.
	Contact: Barbara Presnell 17 Hege Drive, Lexington, NC 27292 bpresnell@lexcominc.net
Augustus Ransom	WHILE SITTING UNDER THE HICKORY NUT TREE Publisher: Trafford Publishing Service (2005) Victoria, BC A collection of spiritually inspirational poetry.
	Contact: Rev. Augustus Ransom, M.Div. 1620 Cherokee Trail, Sanford, NC 27332 augustusransom@msn.com
Pat Riviere - Seel	NO TURNING BACK NOW Publisher: Finishing Line Press (2004) Georgetown, KY Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
	Contact: Pat Riviere-Seel 107 Maple Drive, Asheville, NC 28805 patriviereseel@yahoo.com
Lynn Veach Sadler	POET GEOGRAPHY Publisher: Mount Olive College Press (2002) Mount Olive, NC
	GREATEST HITS, 1995 - 2001 Publisher: Pudding House Publications (2001) Johnstown, OH
	Contact: Dr. Lynn Veach Sadler 163 Wood Wedge Way, Sanford, NC 27332 lvsadler@alltel.net
Joanna Catherine Scott	FAINTING AT THE UFFIZI Publisher: Frith Press (2005) Sacramento, CA Winner of the Frith Press 2005 Ekphrasis Prize. Ekphrastic poems set in Florence, Italy.
	BREAKFAST AT THE SHANGRI-LA Publisher: Black Zinnias / California Institute of Arts and Letters (2004) Palo Alto, CA Winner of the 2003 Black Zinnias Poetry Book Award (www.blackzinnias.org).
	COMING DOWN FROM BATAAN Publisher: Meckler & Deahl (2001) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Winner of the Acorn-Rukeyser Award.
	BIRTH MOTHER Publisher: Longleaf Press / Methodist College (2000) Fayetteville, NC Winner of the Longleaf Press Poetry Award 2000.
	Contact: Joanna Catherine Scott 2477 Foxwood Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 sekoongjhe@alumni.duke.edu
Maureen Sherbondy	PRAYING AT COFFEE SHOPS Publisher: Main Street Rag (2008) Charlotte, NC Poems about rituals, ceremonies, and about being a Jew in the South.
	AFTER THE FAIRY TALE Publisher: Main Street Rag (2007) Charlotte, NC This 38-page chapbook is the author's first published book. See www.maureensherbondy.com to learn more about it.
	Contact: Maureen Sherbondy 321 Jellison Court, Raleigh, NC 27615 msherbondy@nc.rr.com
Katherine Soniat	THE FIRE SETTERS Publisher: The Literary Review/Web del Sol On-Line Chapbook Series (2002) Madison, NJ
	ALLUVIAL Publisher: Bucknell University Press (2001) Lewisburg, PA
	A SHARED LIFE Publisher: University of Iowa Press (1994) Iowa City, IA Winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize and a Virginia Prize for Poetry.
	CRACKING EGGS Publisher: The University of Central Florida Press (1990) Orlando, FL
	WINTER TOYS Publisher: The Green Tower Press (1989) Maryville, MO A chapbook.
	NOTES OF DEPARTURE Publisher: The Walt Whitman Center for the Arts and Humanities (1985) Camden, NJ Camden Prize for Poetry.
	Contact: Katherine Soniat 9 Waverly Rd., Asheville, NC 28803 ksoniat@vt.edu www.katherinesoniat.com
G.E. Spangler	TUNNEL VISION POETRY Publisher: PublishAmerica (2005) Frederick, MD
	Contact: Gary Spangler P.O. Box 184, Barium Springs, NC 28010 carolina_poet_3126@yahoo.com
Luther Stirewalt	AUTOGRAPHITI Publisher: Self (2004) Hillsborough, NC Poems from many years of writing on the walls of heart and mind.
	Contact: Luther Stirewalt 2601 Shadetree Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278 stirewlt@visionet.org
Dede Wilson	GLASS Publisher: Scots Plaid Press (1998) Carthage, NC Published as a finalist in the Persephone Press Chapbook Competition. Poems on the loss of a daughter.
	SEA OF SMALL FEARS Publisher: Main Street Rag (2001) Charlotte, NC Winner: Main Street Rag Chapbook Competition. Poems on sailing in Japan in a son's leaky sailboat—with piquant views of Japan.
	ONE NIGHTSTAND Publisher: Main Street Rag (2004) Charlotte, NC A playful book of poems in traditional and non-traditional forms, followed by a primer to the forms used in the book. Also includes an essay on the emergence of free verse. Invaluable tool for poets and teachers of poetry.
	Contact: Dede Wilson 2409 Knollwood Road, Charlotte, NC 28211-2707 dedewilson@mindspring.com