by McKenzie | Aug 2, 2014 | Blog, My Poems, My Writing Challenges
There is a faun that passes through my backyard, only sometimes, and the bald tip of her tail and her limp are unmistakable. If she comes in the late afternoon, I lean my body against our porch door, and she freezes for me. The sun highlights her, an ear...
by McKenzie | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog, My Poems, My Writing Challenges
I am unsure as to where this flower ends or where it began. The small connecting limbs, hidden behind the round series of heads, the seeding centers, their odd tears around the edges like teeth. There is something oddly promising about these flowers—you...
by McKenzie | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog, My Writing Challenges
A writing challenge! For the month of August, I will be writing a poem each day as a part of the August Poetry Postcard Fest. Unfortunately, I will not be an official part of the Fest this year, so I’m adjusting the rules a little bit, as far as sharing...
by McKenzie | Nov 24, 2013 | Blog, My Poems, My Writing Challenges
This is how it happens—he lifts the dress above your head and brings it down around your hands. You become a peacock, all feathers, all lace. You breathe deep, shrinking your frame as he fastens the eye-hook, zips up the dress. Then, the...
by McKenzie | Nov 23, 2013 | Blog, My Poems, My Writing Challenges
The body is pregnant with limbs and dismemberment—they tremble...
