Where Are Those Friends?
This poem emerged from my ongoing (never-ending?) archiving project. I’m sure it reflects a widespread feeling. Where are those friends who have drifted downstream so far from our still grinding mill?… The first grade best friend who built with me castles of sand, That summer camp comrade who told me why parents sleep doubled in [...]
I’m Telling You Walls
Find what you want or need to in this poem. It just showed up from nowhere. I’m telling you walls, stay firm on foundation, don’t walk off this land on wheels or water, protect me from wandering, bolt me to earth. I’m telling you walls, hold rafters and roof solid, lofty, and high, not letting [...]
Highlands Book Fair
On Saturday, September 11, I will be at the “Celebration of Books” in the Highlands Civic Center, Highlands, NC, from 9 am to 3 pm. Around 12:20 I will be doing a reading from Red Clay, Blood River, and perhaps a bit of poetry. This event is sponsored by the Cashiers/Highlands Writers group. It looks [...]
Poetry: Musing and Reading
On Thursday, August 19, I will be reading and reflecting on my poetry at 10:30 am for the “Coffee with the Poets” group at City Lights Bookstore, Sylva, NC. The poet’s group is just one of several under the umbrella of the Netwest Mountain Writers, affiliated with the North Carolina Writers Network. (Check out www.netwestwriters.blogspot.com.) [...]
« go back — keep looking »William J. Everett
In my teaching career I authored eight books and numerous articles in social ethics and religion. After over thirty years of academic work — in Germany, India, and South Africa as well as in the United States — I wanted to turn my hand to a poetically written novel to probe the issues of ecological and human reconciliation.
When I am not writing, I create furniture for worship settings. For more about my work, go to www.WisdomsTable.net, where you will also find galleries of artwork by my wife Sylvia, whose ancestors were the original inspiration for Red Clay, Blood River. READ MORE...
Red Clay Blood River
Red Clay, Blood River is a story told by Earth about two brothers from Germany and an enslaved South African woman whose lives bind together America’s “Trail of Tears” and South Africa’s simultaneous “Great Trek” of 1838.