by McKenzie | Oct 20, 2014 | Reading
THERE’S SNOW IN THE WEST & there’s snow in the east & there’s snow in our beds icing the cabbage. Since you left me alone, the wasp nest swallowing the bulb in the porch light has gone leaden & each night the asphalt is honeycombed...
by McKenzie | Oct 16, 2014 | Reviews, YA Literature
We’ve all been there. We reached the final year of high school and discovered the college, the school, the job, the career that we wanted, and we attempted to move forward. We did everything we thought we needed to do—and more—to ensure that we...
by McKenzie | Oct 15, 2014 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog
Wonderful news! My chapbook (or chapbook-length poem), Dear Earth / There Are Birds, received an Honorable Mention in this year’s Celery City Chapbook Contest. Here is the list of Winners and Honorable Mentions: CJ Giroux, Destination, Michigan, Winner...
by McKenzie | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog, My Poems
—after Ralph Angel You wake me in the middle of the night, and you are hungry. You are ravenous. The moon is...