Spotlighting Alabama Authors
Posted: Sep 03, 2007During the next few weeks I will be featuring the poetry of several Alabama writers whose poems were published in the recent anthology: Whatever Remembers Us. These poems will appear in the Discourse/Poetry section of Swampland.
The first poem I am posting is entitled "My South." I chose to open with this poem because I think it helps create a sense of place for the series. The poem is by Doris Gabel (Welch), a long-time friend and a gifted artist. Doris's paintings will be on display this month from September 9 through November 4 during the Red Clay Survey exhibition at the Huntsville Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama.
The Red Clay Survey is a juried biennial exhibition open to established and emerging artists in eleven southern states. Doris's son Robert Cox, a well-known artist and environmentalist, is also one of the exhibitors.
Doris's southern roots reach deep into the Alabama soil. The town of Killen, Alabama, just southeast of Florence, was named for her great grandfather who was a friend of General Joe Wheeler.
I look forward to sharing the work of my talented friends and colleagues with the Swampland audience.
---Penne J. Laubenthal
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