by McKenzie | May 19, 2017 | Blog, Literary Scene
Last night, I had the extremely great opportunity to perform as one of the five Selected Readers for Lit Literary Collective’s Write Night in May, organized by Krista Cox and Ultreia, Inc. Thank you, to Krista and Lit Literary and everyone, for having me....
by McKenzie | May 18, 2017 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog
Hi everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying your week. Two pieces of fun news for this afternoon— I’ll be reading tonight among friends at LangLab in South Bend at 7pm as a part of Lit Literary Collective’s WRITE NIGHT with Ultreia, Inc. You...
by McKenzie | May 15, 2017 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
Help me turn my mind off. Help me be more than a song. The stress like a crow’s open flame. Help me to not give up on forgiveness. The work has become too wild here. Help me. Help me— (Days like today, poetry reminds me to live.) INSTRUCTIONS...
by McKenzie | May 11, 2017 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
DARKENING, THEN BRIGHTENING The sky keeps lying to the farmhouse, lining up its heavy clouds above the blue table umbrella, then launching them over the river. And the day feels hopeless until it notices a few trees dropping delicately their white petals...
by McKenzie | May 10, 2017 | Blog, My Poems
When we were younger, we leveled footprints in the woods—off the path, of course, down deep where the sun could barely find us, where we blended with the trees and hid behind the shrubbery. I found a deer, small, its eyes glazed and wide, still hiding...
