FIVE FOR ONE

How many more poems are in a single poem? How about five? More?
Let’s dive deeper into the world of the single poem’s seemingly endless potential, creating past our “first view” of an original work. Participants should bring a poem they’ve already written. We’ll be workshopping those!

About the Presenter

His short stories can be found in past issues of the Still: The Journal, Fried Chicken and Coffee, Dime Show Review, Story and Grit, Pikeville Review, and FEED. His stories have been nominated for Pushcart and Best of the Net recognitions.  

He is the author of Mountain Mysteries: The Mystic Traditions of Appalachia (Overmountain Press, 2007) the full poetry collections Drifting in Awe (2017), Grave Robber Confessional (2019), Feasts of Evasion (2019), and Gateless Menagerie (2021). He has two chapbooks, Voice Hunting and Memory Train (Finishing Line Press).

His short story collection, Working it Off in Labor County: Stories is published with West Virginia University Press (2021). The follow-up collection to Working, entitled, Labor Days, Labor Nights: More Stories, was published in 2021 and a short story collection, Everyday Monsters, co-authored with CM Chapman, was published in 2021. 

He has three forthcoming titles: the full poetry collection, New Red Words (Finishing Line Press, late 2024) and another short story collection, The Wicked Road to Yam Junction (Unsolicited Press, early 2025), along with a co-written full poetry collection, A Little Light in the Grave (2026).  

He is a veteran of the US Army and seventh generation native of the Cumberland Gap area. His MFA in poetry and fiction is from West Virginia Wesleyan College. He is also a 15-year veteran of the student services field in higher education with multiple professional degrees. He is an occasional adjunct instructor at Northeast State Community College. You can also find him as a regular on the new Netflix reality show, Swap Shop, premiering November 9th, 2021. 

MEETING INFORMATION

This program will be presented during our upcoming PST member meeting, to be held November 9, 2024, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern / 1:00 – 3:00 pm Central via Zoom. Members will be provided a link a few days prior. If you are interested in learning more about PST, check out our website. If you’d like to attend our meeting as a guest, contact us at poetrytennessee@gmail.com.