NORTH CAROLINA POETRY. COM
Featuring North Carolina Poetry and Events

Dear Readers: it is with great joy that I now launch this site. I hope it will become a fine resource for North Carolina poets. It will soon be launched to the World and I know that through the magic of the internet people all over the World can share this site with us. This site is part of a new poetry web ring.

I have many good memories of my travels in North Carolina. They have impressed me with an interest and love of that state.  It is exciting to now be a part of a tradition of NORTH CAROLINA poetry.

I hope to use this site to bring recognition and prestige to NORTH CAROLINA poets and poetry. If you have poetry news or events, contact me at:   PO BOX 7574 SALEM, OR 97303

Send mail to: Steven Robert Heine

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Steven Robert Heine.

P.O. BOX 7574

SALEM, OR 97303

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The North Carolina Poetry Society, Inc.

Montreat College

Tar River Poetry Homepage

The North Carolina Poet Laureate

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POEMS BY STEVEN ROBERT HEINE

AMERICA

In Humbletown a flag still flies.

Floating proudly in the breeze.

And down below the farm folk toil

in fields that roll like lush green seas.

A builders hammer pounds the air,

as a church is raised from virgin wood.

Three children play, not far away

in a park built where a shack had stood.

An old man looks out from his porch

exclaiming with a heavy sigh:

"America, America

long may your proud flag fly."

© copyright 2003by Steven Robert Heine

HAPPY NEW YEARS

In every year

if a man is lucky,

he'll meet two or three people

who become true friends.

And he'll set new places

at his table of feasting

as he celebrates

when at last the year ends.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

DREAMER

Look far away

for a little while,

and tell me the dreams

that you see.

From the fountain of love

that flows from your heart,

great things will soon come to be.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine.

A REQUEST

You cannot see

the silver seeds,

my restless soul hunts after.

But hold me now,

inspire me

with love and pain and laughter.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine.

OASIS

You were first

to fill my glass.

Sparkling love

you freely shared.

Thousands passed

my wretched way.

But none till you,

reached down and cared.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

SUNSHINE

You are in my heart

and there to stay.

Like the sunshine

you warm me,

in a special way.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

MARGE

There came one cool, crisp Halloween,

a princess I had never known.

Who led me to a World I had not yet seen,

but long had hungered to be shown.

Her eyes were like the Autumn moon,

her voice like the Autumn air,

and I feared my dream would end too soon,

as I drew her close and held her there.

Like tiny, precious drops of gold

were the moments that we shared.

Embraces were exchanged and secrets told,

but real love was never dared.

For she was destined to become but a memory

and I knew I'd soon have to go.

So I told her that she'd always be a part of me...

and she always will, I know.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

THE LOST KING

Frog eyes, mud pies and days gone by.

When I was a boy each day brought new joy

and I never knew how to cry.

Up a strawberry hill I'd climb for the thrill

and pronounce myself a king.

I'd wave my hand across the land

and command the earth to sing.

And the earth would obey and the plants would sway

and rubies would appear at my feet.

Then I'd smile with pride, feeling hungry inside

and choose a strawberry to eat.

But those days flew past and I grew old fast

and now live in crumbling health.

Though I still recall being king of all

and living in infinite wealth.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

HARVEST OF LOVE

I believe in God and He believes in me.

And He provides the inspiration for my poetry.

I didn't ask for this gift; it was quite a surprise.

But by the sweat of my brow

it will bloom in full, before His eyes.

My life is short and my goals are many.

And I fear I might die before I accomplish any.

But I hope He may find when my life is done,

a harvest of love, that my labors have won.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

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302 Collected Poems by

Steven Robert Heine

includes:

A WINTER'S HARVEST

AUTUMN MAGIC

SPRING RAIN

OF SUMMERS LOST

A SECRET SEASON

& Essays on poetry

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 Florida Poetry Dot Com

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If your State or County Fair does not have a poetry contest, ask them to start one. Tell them you or your poetry association will be glad to help manage it.

Here are some sample rules:

HOW TO SET UP A POETRY CONTEST

1) All entries must be matted.

2) No entries may use wood frames, glass in frames or metal. (Glass gets easily broken at a fair and can be dangerous. Wooden frames are difficult to hang).

3) The fair is not responsible for copyright protection of each poem.

4) All poems must be original.

5) All poems must have a secure means of hanging on the mat.

6) All poems must have at least a size 14 font. (Poems written too small cannot be read when they are displayed).

KEEP CLASSES OF POETRY SIMPLE!  Poetry displays at Fairs are designed to draw people to poetry that many not have a knowledge of poetry.

Sample classes, learned from years of displays.

• Rhymed.  12 to 32 lines.

• Free Verse. 12 to 32 lines.

• Children's Poetry.

• Teen Poetry.

• Fair Theme Poem, 8 to 24 lines.

• Short Poem, 2 - 8 lines. (can include haiku)

• Artistic Form. (poem put into artwork).

Why not sponsor a cash award for your fair to give out in your name?

BOOKS:

BEYOND THE FRONTIER: 302 collected poems by Steven Robert Heine. Hardbound. $29.99 postage paid. Autographed. Send to:

Steve Heine, PO Box 7574 Salem, OR 97303

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SUNSHINE

You are in my heart

and there to stay.

Like the sunshine

you warm me,

in a special way.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

 LOOKING AHEAD

I talked pollytics with a pollywog

who glowed with great ambition.

He said: 'I can't wait to become a frog,

in the throat of a politician'.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

 ALONG THE WAY

Fame and fortune

don't amount to too much.

For what matters most

is the lives that you touch.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life"

“Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. I said to the Lord, 'You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.'” —Psalm 16:1-2

Romans 8:28 "and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God and who are the called according to His purpose".

Psalms 37  "Delight yourself in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart."