Laurence Holden

Poet, Spoken Word Artist

Mountain City, GA
Georgia US
Email: 
laurenceholden@windstream.net
Website: 
artistspath.info/

Author's Bio

I am a writer and visual artist. I live in the North Georgia Mountains of the US, drawing my images and poems from my connection to the land here. I believe that image and word are just two natural dialects for the same thing - bearing witness to the Creation, to the visible and the invisible in it. I believe that if we can restore our understanding of the land, we might save ourselves too in these perilous times.

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Anthologies:
Georgia Poetry Anthology (Negative Capability Press, 2015)
,
The Reach of Song 2014 (Georgia Poetry Society, 2014)
,
The Reach of Song 2013 (Georgia Poetry Society, 2013)
,
The Reach of Song 2011 (Georgia Poetry Society, 2011)
,
The Chrysalis Reader, Kaleidoscope: Lenses on Reality (Swedenborg Foundation, 2010)
,
The Reach of Song 2010 (Georgia Poetry Society, 2010)
,
The Chrysalis Reader, Kaleidoscope:Your Turn (Swedenborg Foundation, 2008)
Journals:
Appalachian Heritage
,
Elohi Gadugi Journal
,
Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel
,
The Chrysalis Reader
,
Written River

Spoken Word

Performances:
The Hambidge Center (2014)
,
Mountain Heritage Center Western Carolina University (2012)
,
Amicalola State Park, Ga. (2010)
,
Rabun Bald Mountain, Rabun Co. Ga. (2010)
,
Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, Ga. (2010)
,
The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Ga. (2010)
,
Chattooga River, Rabun Co., Ga. (2009)
Prizes won: 

Award of Excellence -Georgia Poetry Society 2010, an Honorable Mention -Byron Herbert Reece Society 2011
Honorable Mention Porter Fleming Award, 2011

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
English American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Grappenhall, Cheshire, U.K.
Raised in: 
Ft. Worth, TX
Texas
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Last update: Apr 25, 2015