Poem May 2026
POEM Home FLOATING A hawk drifted over as I backstroked through the neighborhood pool. It glided more effortlessly than I’d imagined possible, circling and diving
May O.Henry
Feature Stories
Ahoy Mateys
AHOY, MATEYS Home Ahoy, Mateys By Maria Johnson Photographs by Bert VanderVeen On many a fair-weather evening, as the sun paints the sky around Lake
Unsung Heroes?
UNSUNG HEROES? Home Unsung Heroes? Searching for valiant ancestry at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse By Billy Ingram • Illustration by Harry Blair
The Greener Way
THE GREENER WAY Home The Greener Way The Downtown Greenway paves the way for pedestrians, pedalers, plant lovers and pollinators By Cassie Bustamante •
A Place Like Home
A PLACE LIKE HOME Home A Place Like Home Montagnard families and Special Forces veterans preserve a vanishing culture By Ross Howell Jr. Photographs by
Knowing When to Bale
KNOWING WHEN TO BALE Home Knowing When to Bale For Rachel York, a straw-bale home was the answer to her domestic riddle By Maria Johnson
