The Mountains Have Come Closer by Jim Wayne Miller - INSCRIBED

Jim Wayne Miller (1936-1996) is my favorite poet and one of my favorite people. This book includes my favorite poem - "The Brier Sermon." Check out these lines from that poem: "I'm tell you, every day you're leaving/ a place you won't be coming back to ever./ What are you going to leave behind?/ What are you taking with you?/ Don't run off and leave the best part of yourself." Jim Wayne grew up in Leicester, North Carolina. He lived on a farm where his maternal grandparents were tenants of his paternal grandparents. His father commuted to work at the Firestone Tire Shop in Asheville. He graduated from Berea College, completed a doctorate at Vanderbilt, and taught German at Western Kentucky University throughout his career. One of his poetry books is entitled, Nostalgia for 70 because he disliked Jimmy Carter's 55 mph speed limit since he traveled from his home in Bowling Green to the mountains so often to lead workships, give readings, and attend conferences. He served a President of t