Philip Belcher
Philip Belcher is the Vice President, Programs, of The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina in Asheville, NC and the author of a chapbook, The Flies and Their Lovely Names, from Stepping Stones Press. A graduate of Furman University, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Duke University School of Law, he also has an MFA in Poetry from Converse College. Belcher’s poems and prose have appeared in numerous journals, including The Southeast Review, The Southern Quarterly, Asheville Poetry Review, Southern Humanities Review and The South Carolina Review. New Year, White County, Arkansas
Air vent streamers wag like tongues from the wall of the Ozark cave. Cold stiffens the stream splitting the floor, and the cracking ice pops. Beneath the glaze, blind fish swim, pale sloops defying the current’s mute push. Outside, … Continue reading