Appalachian poetry Archives - Appalachian History

Sara Roberta Getty (1880-1973) served as Woman’s Editor for the Cumberland [MD] Daily News from 1924 to 1942. She wrote four books of poetry.

Ah, how poets sing and die!

Many of Anne Spencer’s poems convey a romantic concern with the human search for beauty and meaning in a disgusting world.

Carl Sandburg, who penned “the fog comes in on little cats’ feet,” moved to Connemara in WNC for the sake of the little goats’ feet.

“A Hard Journey” brings to life Don West, poet, ordained Congregationalist minister, labor organizer, educator, leftist activist.