EDITOR’S NOTE: March is Virginia’s “birthday month” – she will celebrate 95 years of life on March 14th. Please send your happy birthday wishes to Virginia – via the Pioneer and we…
Category: Poetry
POETRY: February Reflections
– Virginia Carrell Prowell (2-02-2020) Candy hearts, flowers, and red boxes filled with chocolates are all the rage Reflections of love for any age When Cupids arrow leaves its quiver Two hearts…
The Hoffman Center for the Arts is sponsoring a Poetry Contest, deadline for submissions January 31, 2020
Here’s your chance to see your poem published online on the Hoffman web site, along with winning a $100 cash prize. Submit poems of 30 lines or less, on any subject. Up…
POEM: Another Decade
By Virginia Carrell Prowell 10 years has passed us by! Looking back, we come to realize All the events that have affected our lives. Loved ones have gone to the Great Beyond…
POEM: The BI-POLAR Child of Nature
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our favorite Pioneer poet Virginia Prowell sent me this poem she wrote nearly 9 years ago and as the recent rising waters reminded her of her past ruminations about the…
POETRY: THE GLOW OF DECEMBER
Have you noticed the glow? It’s everywhere you go! On city streets, merchants’ windowpanes On village lawns, on country roads and lanes. Neighborhoods engage in a festive competition Who can display the…
Hoffman Center for the Arts Sponsoring Poetry Contest in January 2020
Here’s your chance to see your poem published online on the Hoffman web site, along with winning a $100 cash prize. Submit poems of 30 lines or less, on any subject. Up…
POEM: BIRD INVASION
Driving in the country on a November sunny day Revealed a sight of shear anomaly. A vicious storm brewing off distant shores Results in scenes of grandeur that are hard to ignore….
POETRY: Halloween Fun & Pumpkin Patch Photos by Don Best
By Virginia Carrell Prowell (10-27-19) It’s the last week of October, what does that mean? Let’s look at the possibilities of fun and dreams. I was on my way to meet some…
POETRY: OCTOBER ARTIST
EDITOR’S NOTE: Regular Pioneer readers will recognize this poet’s name – the author of the “Diary of the Depot” – and we have always enjoyed her regular poetry contributions. Until recently, while…