One year after Charleston’s murders, one week after Orlando’s tragedies, I read in the Asheville paper (Sunday edition June 19, 2016, page 8A) this headline: “County looks at shifting funds from art museum to public gun range.” I said out loud, “WHAT??!” then a soft, “oh, please.” Mike Fryer, RepublicanContinue Reading
Spread the word: Peace by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist – My new mantra, less is enough, consumes my world. My poetry has become “succinct.” Restore and Goodwill’s shelves are full of my burger belongings. I give away books. (Free libraries rejoice). Less IS enough. Consider aContinue Reading
MEANWHILE by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist – It is January. We are secure in our now. Historical events in the “meanwhile.” 1791 – Franz Joseph Haydn first heard Handel’s oratorio, The Messiah, which influenced him in his own oratorio, The Creation. (Franz was not done yet.)Continue Reading
