Laurel Blossom. Courtesy Laurel Blosom.
Laurel Blossom (born 1943) is an American poet.
Life[]
Blossom lives in South Carolina.[1]
Her poetry has been anthologized in 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, and published in national magazines including Poetry, Pequod, The American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, Pleiades, Harper's, the Southern Poetry Review, and Ocean State Review.[2]
Recognition[]
In 2015, Blossom was appointed the first Poet laureate of Edgefield, South Carolina, for a 2-year term.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- What's Wrong: Poems. Cleveland, OH: Cobham & Hatherton Press, for the Rowfant Club, 1987.
- Any Minute: Poems. Santa Cruz, CA: Greenhouse Review Press, 1979.
- The Papers Said. Santa Cruz, CA: Greenhouse Review Press, 1993.
- Wednesday: New and selected poems. Roseville, MI: Writers Voice / Ridgeway Press, 2004.
- Degrees of Latitude: A poem. New York: Four Way Books, 2007.
- Longevity: A poem. Tribeca, NY: Four Way Books, 2015.
Edited[]
- Splash! Great writing about swimming. Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1996.
- Many Lights in Many Windows: Twenty years of great fiction and poetry from the Writers Community. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 1997.
- Lovely Village of the Hills: 20th-century Edgefield poetry. Edgefield, SC: Edgefield County Historical Society, 2006.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
''Fight'' by Laurel Blossom
References[]
- ↑ Laurel Blossom, Poetry Foundation. Web, Sep. 11, 2016.
- ↑ Bio, Laurel Blossom. Web, Sep. 11, 2016.
- ↑ Home, Laurel Blossom. Web, Sep. 11, 2016.
- ↑ Search results = au:Laurel Blossom, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc.
External links[]
- Poems
- Laurel Bloson at Poetry 180: "Fight," "Radio"
- Laurel Blossom at the Poetry Foundation
- Audio / video
- Books
- Laurel Blossom at Amazon.com
- About
- Laurel Blossom Official website.
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