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Oct.10.2011 - 6:49 am
PIECE OF CAKE: My Poet Laureate/Lariat Poem
  Here is the poem I wrote for my installation as NC's Poet Laureate in the summer of 2005.   Yes, we had Laurette's cake at the reception afterward.  You can...
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Oct.08.2011 - 1:23 pm
WHEN I WAS NC POET LAUREATE
At the State Capitol with Linda Carlisle, Dept. of Cultural Resources, and Cathy Smith Bowers, the new NC Poet Laureate
For five years I served as NC's first woman Poet Laureate, following the estimable and energetic Fred Chappell, a former teacher of mine, who turned the post into a vital one,...
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Oct.07.2011 - 12:10 pm
Kathryn Kirkpatrick's new book of poetry
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  Kathryn  is a poet of such thoroughgoing honesty that reading some of these poems feels like eavesdropping, they are that closely focused on the details of experience...
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Jan.28.2010 - 7:24 pm
Now Ivy, this is how spring tastes. This is the taste of spring.
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              Granny Younger came to visit me last night.  Stepped right out of Lee Smith’s Oral History and sat down for a spell, trying make me listen again to her stories...
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Comments from Kathryn

Oct.10.2011 - 4:58 pm
In response to: PIECE OF CAKE: My Poet Laureate/Lariat Poem
Milky Way
Thanks, nan.  Wish you could have a piece of Laurette's Milky Way cake!
Oct.10.2011 - 9:19 am
In response to: A poet lariat...
poet lariat
Hi Nan, I posted the poem this morning on my blog, but you'll get a better view if you use the link I provided to the...
Oct.10.2011 - 6:34 am
In response to: A poet lariat...
Poet Lariat
Hi Nancy, I used the lariat in the laureate poem I was expected to write for my "crowning" at the NC Capitol in 2005....
Jan.24.2010 - 6:42 pm
In response to: Giving Myself Over to Green
And thank you for your
And thank you for your comment. I continue to be influenced by the "verde" found in Spanish poetry. Kathryn
Dec.30.2009 - 6:27 pm
In response to: HAPPINESS IN WINTER? TRUSTING YOUR IMAGINATION'S ROOTS
Louise, I'm glad you enjoyed
Louise, I'm glad you enjoyed this. The Rich quote has stayed with me for years. And do look for the calendar....

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May.04.2009
COMING TO REST
Published by ForeWord Magazine
Coming to Rest by: Kathryn Stripling Byer Issue Month: May/June 2006 Category: Poetry Publisher: Louisiana State University 72 pages, Softcover $16.95 ISBN: 0807131350 In this...
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About Kathryn

A native of SW Georgia, I have lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina since 1968.  For the past 5 years I  have served as NC's first woman Poet Laureate.  My blog, "Here, Where I Am" was named one of the 30 best poetry blogs for...
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Causes Kathryn Byer Supports

Any environmental causes to keep our Southern mountains and our planet from devastation. Conservation Trust of North Carolina Nature Conservancy ADC,com...

Kathryn’s Favorite Books

Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko; Fools Crow, by James Welch, Arctic Dreams, by Barry Lopez, Of Wolves and Men, by Barry Lopez; A Room with a View, by E.M....

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