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This poem was selected as a finalist at the National Literary Festival held at Hollins University in May 2005. The original title was “Finality.” Continue reading →

As a child, I grew up listening to my father’s stories of growing up on a tobacco farm in Danville, Virginia. At the dinner table, he often shared his memories of pulling tobacco and plowing behind a mule as the sun went down. This poem profiles his experiences including the race relations that were present in the South at the time. Continue reading →