Father Dabney, Author at Identity Dixie

Field of Folly

Southern Poetry

Note: You do not have to be a Christian, or even religious, to glean truths from ancient texts, such as

A heavy fog rested over the little town that night, it moved in from the swamp, came up the river,

There is something special about Florida, especially her northern counties. Her swampy, sandy land is paradise to her children. They are

All of the South is special to me, my restless soul unexplainably and mercifully satisfied in a peacefulness that is

We have been planning this trip for some months, a leisurely time of relaxation for the occasion of our wedding

“Where there is no vision, the people perish,” quoting from Proverbs. Recently, I’ve written “Keeper of the Fire” and a

It was December 20th, 200 years to the day that our beloved South Carolina had taken a stand against tyranny.

The honor guard carrying my grandfather’s coffin continued toward the center of the chapel. The simple things he had taught

My mother loved her father dearly, and so she was always reserved in disclosing information about him. She kept many