Scott Owens

Former NC Poet Laureate Kay Byer Endorses Eye of the Beholder

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Here is what former NC Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer says about Eye of the Beholder: “The eye in Scott Owens’ “Eye of the Beholder” is the passionate “I” of the poet, watching every turn and gesture of the beloved and speaking from it, sounding the lineaments of desire in each poem and pulling the … Read more

To Be Like Poems

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Here is a poem that was published in another of my favorite online places, Vox Poetica, back in 2011. It was a little different then. Here is the link to its appearance in Annmarie Lockhart’s lovely daily poem blog. To Be Like Poems There is something about the way a poem sits on a page … Read more

Pirene’s Fountain

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Here is a link to two poems of mine, “Thirteen Ways of Direction” and “Thirteen Ways of Wonder”, published in this April’s issue of Pirene’s Fountain, one of my favorite online journals. Ami Kaye, Lark Timmons, and the other editors there do a great job. They have used my work quite a bit, including an … Read more

4 Poems & A Party

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My poem “Used” has been chosen for the August Poetry in Plain Sight program in Winston-Salem along with poems by Ross White, Joe Morris, and LeeAnn Patrick. The poems will be printed on posters and placed around Winston-Salem. Their website says they will be in sixteen shop windows throughout Winston-Salem’s Arts and Entertainment District, but … Read more