Comments for Fred L. Joiner https://www.fredjoiner.com Poet Laureate of Carrboro, NC 2019 -2022 / 2019 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow Tue, 22 Jul 2025 02:25:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Comment on Some News… by Who’s Running: Carrboro, Hillsborough and CHCCS – Community Spirit Event https://www.fredjoiner.com/2025/07/17/some-news/#comment-193 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 19:08:44 +0000 https://www.fredjoiner.com/?p=4447#comment-193 […] in 2005, announced this year that she would not run for a fifth term. That leaves an open seat for Fred Joiner, the town’s poet laureate from 2019-2021, who is working on a campaign website but suggests […]

]]> Comment on Contact by Susana Cantoya https://www.fredjoiner.com/contact/#comment-190 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:17:52 +0000 https://www.fredjoiner.com/?page_id=760#comment-190 I heard your poem on Market place form 12/4/20 It is really good.

]]> Comment on Contact by Fred https://www.fredjoiner.com/contact/#comment-189 Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:38:49 +0000 https://www.fredjoiner.com/?page_id=760#comment-189 In reply to Brian Blunt.

Hi Mr. Blunt,
Thank you for listening to and contemplating my poem, it means a lot to me. It is really hard to see your colleagues lose their jobs. I have also seen that over my years in the field.
You can read the poem here https://poets.org/poem/austerity-0, sometimes it is cool to see the poem rendered on the “page.”
Thank you for taking the time to reach out to me.
Best regards,
Fred

]]> Comment on Contact by Brian Blunt https://www.fredjoiner.com/contact/#comment-188 Sat, 05 Dec 2020 13:09:31 +0000 https://www.fredjoiner.com/?page_id=760#comment-188 Dear Mr. Joiner,
I have been a Computer Systems Analyst for 30 years watching my colleagues be cut one after the other for most of that time. I heard your interview on NPR and your poem Austerity on December 4th. The poem really captures a huge depth of feeling in a short number of words. Thank you for your writing.

Happy Holidays,
Brian Blunt

]]> Comment on About by Fred Joiner | literarydc https://www.fredjoiner.com/about/#comment-187 Mon, 30 Dec 2019 03:58:20 +0000 https://www.fredjoiner.com/about/#comment-187 https://literarydc.wordpress.com/2019/12/29/fred-joiner/

]]> Comment on The Center for Poetic Thought by teneishab IG @10teneisha https://www.fredjoiner.com/the-center-for-poetic-thought/#comment-186 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 22:01:11 +0000 https://www.fredjoiner.com/?page_id=865#comment-186 I ‘m curious to find out more about the events that happen in this place it sounds very interesting, I’m poet and Architecture student and a visual artist. So I guest I would just leave my info below and someone will contact me.

]]> Comment on About by Tito Irizarry https://www.fredjoiner.com/about/#comment-184 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 20:25:11 +0000 https://www.fredjoiner.com/about/#comment-184 Wowwww… Divine Cipher.com still exists???? You’ve come a long way from message boards and weblink photo pages Bruh! I still remember when you and Jati came up to Philly to cover a hip hop show on Temple U. campus.

]]> Comment on Mel Bochner: In the Tower…or in the mix? by half note https://www.fredjoiner.com/2012/01/03/mel-bochner-in-the-tower-or-in-the-mix/#comment-183 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 01:17:08 +0000 https://www.fredjoiner.com/?p=689#comment-183 […] 2 years ago i wrote this piece called “Mel Bochner: In the Tower…or in the mix?” . It was a brief meditation on Mel Bochner’s exhibition in The Tower of the National Gallery […]

]]> Comment on The Center for Poetic Thought by Pia Taavila-Borsheim https://www.fredjoiner.com/the-center-for-poetic-thought/#comment-182 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 11:33:43 +0000 https://www.fredjoiner.com/?page_id=865#comment-182 YAY! I’d be happy to give a reading… I teach at Gallaudet University, am the author of Moon on the Meadow and Two Winters, and would also be delighted to donate two copies of my books. Good luck with this great endeavor!
Pia Taavila-Borsheim, Ph.D.

Pia.Borsheim@Gallaudet.edu

]]> Comment on The Center for Poetic Thought by micheleisdportfolio https://www.fredjoiner.com/the-center-for-poetic-thought/#comment-180 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:17:01 +0000 https://www.fredjoiner.com/?page_id=865#comment-180 Congratulations!

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