by McKenzie | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog, My Poems
Where Sylvia Plath’s “Blackberrying” and social distancing meet . . . IN THE MORNING, WHERE I WALK Out to the street where cars have been parked for days, I know little of what brings the birds out of their hiding, what has come of the neighbors who...
by McKenzie | Apr 1, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
Happy Wednesday, friends! I hope you’re all enjoying your week. For those of you who may not be aware, and for those who are too overwhelmed with other things right now to be focused on this (know that I feel you and am here for you), April is National Poetry...
by McKenzie | Mar 30, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
BLACKBERRYING Nobody in the lane, and nothing, nothing but blackberries, Blackberries on either side, though on the right mainly,A blackberry alley, going down in hooks, and a seaSomewhere at the end of it, heaving. BlackberriesBig as the ball of my thumb, and dumb...
by McKenzie | Mar 27, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
THIS LUMINOUS Turn off the light The hemming begins at once You hear the engine of the sewing heart stitching into sleep so you won’t come loose Out the window light is still moving that sees through your bonesI hold a flashlight to the fire in my hands How can...
by McKenzie | Mar 26, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
ANOTHER ANTIPASTORAL I want to put down what the mountain has awakened. My mouthful of grass. My curious tale. I want to stand still but find myself moved patch by patch.There’s a bleat in my throat. Words fail me here. Can you understand? I sink to my knees...