POETRY 2024: Bess Genevra Streeter by Barry Carter

Send us Fan Mail Bess Genevra Streeter by Barry Carter What binds dreamer to dream? Did a girl collect the moon's Reflections from Nebraskan Streams to expand an inner Pearl around which narratives Would orbit. Cedar falls, Elmswood twinned Like two dreaming winds that Intersect to blow fruit from Branches of time for a writer To find in moonlit orchards Of her imagination. Readers tears fall onto Pages of first publication, Characters drowned in The tears of time. Do winds Age, books in a library about Heartland/Plains, to gage Time and space, preserving Themes like sleeper locked Into a dream consumed By sound of Nebraskan Rivers, are eyes reflected On water caught in those Of migrating birds. Clouds Are like eyes moving across Words. Fingertips are Imperceptible on book Spines, binding love of Generations. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at [email protected] Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at [email protected] Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at [email protected] General inquiries: [email protected] Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout. Thank you for listening!