Poetry corner Charlotte poet distills meaning in life's everyday moments By Bill Diskin Sep 3, 2013 Sep 3, 2013 Updated Mar 19, 2019 0 1 of 2 “To me, a poet’s first job is to notice. Our second job is to convey,” says Charlotte poet Lisa Zerkle. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Chesson “Heart of the Light” is Zerkle’s first book of poems. Photo courtesy of Peter Olin Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Bill Diskin Waiting for a Boy to Jump Off a CliffkAmkDEC@?8m$96 s64:56D %9:D (:== q6 %96:C {2DE s2E6k^DEC@?8mk^AmkAmp== 27E6C?@@? 96 AC6A2C6Dk^AmkAmE@ 36 DH6AE @77 9:D 766Ek^AmkAmD62C49:?8 7@C E96 >@>6?Ek^AmkAm96 4@F=5 ECFDE 2? F?D66? 7@C46k^Am kAmE@ 42CCJ 9:> 2H2Jk^AmkAmE96 962CE A@F?5:?8k^Am People are also reading… David Hoffmann: Local news can bring communities together Concord Art Walk on Union coming up Saturday. 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Iredell County man gets 80 years in prison for 2021 murder of parents, brother Corey Cook's parents and brother were shot and their throats were slit before the family's home was set on fire.
Stabbed husband saves wife by driving car into knife-wielding man, NC sheriff says A man stabbed outside a Food Lion went on the offensive to protect his wife, using his vehicle to run down a knife-wielding man, according to …
Cabarrus is the only one of NC’s 10 largest school districts to reach this goal Twenty-five district schools earned A or B performance grades.
'What I walked into, I wasn’t prepared for': Greensboro man led cleanup of Ground Zero "I admit there were nights when I cried on site," David Griffin said.
Four Lake Norman hospitals seek approval for 3D body scanner. Only one will get it A public hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Oct. 20 in the meeting room at the Iredell County Public Library, Statesville Main Branch, 201 N.…
