George Scarbrough
George Scarbrough (1915-2008) was born on a farm in east Tennessee and attended several colleges, eventually earning an MFA in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers Workshop. His half dozen books include Tellico Blue and New and Selected Poems: 1972. He received two Carnegie Grants, the Bess Hokin Award from Poetry and the Governor's Outstanding Tennessean Award in Literature. "Victory Song" first appeared in Shenandoah 51/1. Victory Song
As I run to the springhouse to get a cold drink, I am laughing and the world absolutely sings. For under the rafter where their gray bag hung like a paper temple, as the ragged threshold, on blue steps of … Continue reading