The Writer's Voice

Hosted by Mary-Margaret Baker with guest Isabel Reid, Senior English major at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Readings: Colombiwa, En Español, Gringa, and Finetic Speller (see below). Finetic Speller I nowe how I spell There is no nead four you to point My eers and hands are directly linked By a silver spindel of thought and sound Call me a Fientic Speller I beleve spelling is math An equasion F = Ph As acording to the transitive property of English That doesn’t deem me an ignoramouse I am a Phinetic Speller Spelling is a condesending puzzle One wrong peice It chuckles and sneers “Poor thing can’t see a thing Her ‘i’s are all mixed up” I’m not blind Just a Phenetic Speller Spelling is a bad teacher Bitter and burnt out Two tired to notice That I am human too Deserving of a chance to lift my head and say “I know the answer” ‘E’ is ‘o’ But my past mistakes ever glint red And when spelled out, read “Unworthy, Nothing but a Phonotic Speller” Spelling is life It requires balance A give and take of thought Too much “o” Not enough “e” Write Cross it out Rewrite Move on One letter at a time I grow stronger, dare I say, wiser Words may fool me But I am no fool I am a fighter A writer And least of all A Phonetic Speller See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hosted by Andrew Moose with guest Katelyn Vause, Senior at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Readings: “Dean’s List," "Maggie Valley," and "To the Girl After Me" See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hosted by Suzanne Jackson with guest Mili Koncelik, Senior English major at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Readings: Run, Last Summer, Concepts, How I Stayed. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This installment of the Writers Voice will feature elementary aged students that are participants in the Little Read Program at Lenoir-Rhyne University. The Little Read Program is a Lenoir-Rhyne Visiting Writers Series community literacy initiative. The students featured on this podcast are in the 5th Grade at Sugarloaf Elementary School sharing their poems based on the Serafina Books by Robert Beatty. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kaylee Abernathy, a senior English major from Lenoir-Rhyne University joins host Andrew Moose on this episode of The Writer’s Voice. Kaylee, a Hickory, NC native, shares 3 of her latest poems that combine both inspiration and creativity. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.