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Opinion – Judy Harris: As Autumn presents its amazing self, does it inspire you to poetry?

September 23, 2024September 22, 20241

“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.” Emily Bronte Autumn loves Kentucky and we Kentuckians love…

June 24, 2024June 23, 20241

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”– Khalil Gibran One of my favorite coaches in recent years at…

April 1, 2024March 31, 20240

By Constance Alexander NKyTribune contributor Jane Hicks was in third grade when Halloween inspired her to write a poem she…

September 20, 2022January 27, 20250

An elegiac poem written by a Kentucky native has gone down in history as one of the most storied tributes…

August 9, 2022August 8, 20221

The litany of devastation in Eastern Kentucky has a cadence all its own: Quicksand, Bulan, Neon, Hiner, Martin, Fisty, Hueysville,…

April 5, 2022April 4, 20220

My passion for poetry started with nursery rhymes my mother recited to me before I could read. Humpty Dumpty, Peter…

November 2, 2021November 1, 20210

In July, when a stunning poem by Marissa Davis showed up on Rattle, I got emails from literary friends around…

May 14, 2021May 13, 20210

KET has announced the winners of its 2021 Young Writers Contest. The annual contest encourages creative expression and literacy development…

September 2, 2020September 1, 20200

Probably not but it gives you something to think about. Just a day ago I asked Facebook friends to name…

October 13, 2019October 12, 20190

Urban Appalachian creative spirit is alive and well in the Cincinnati region. In variety-show style, the community’s most dynamic Appalachian…

April 16, 2019April 15, 20190

When Mark Twain declared, “When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there…