Three cheers for Joseph Bathanti's poetry blog in the North Carolina Arts Council publication ncarts everyday in honor of National Poetry Month!
Today's installment (April 2) is terrific--with thoughts about poetry and jazz, a shout out to Watauga High School's Mary Kent Whitaker and her inspiring students, generous notice and praise for other NC poets, attention to the Black Mountain School of Poets (with a link to Joseph's essay about them in Our State: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5648), and a good word for April 1, not as a day for fools, but as a day marking the beginning of the baseball season. Joseph closes with birthday wishes to and a poem from North Carolina poet, David Rigsbee. It really is a great blog. Be sure to follow it! http://ncartseveryday.org/2014/04/nc-poet-laureate-blog-april-1-2014/