by McKenzie | Dec 1, 2015 | Blog, Literary Scene
Hi, all! The holidays are upon us, and for many of us, so is the winter chill (with or without the snow yet), and I have an idea just in time for the holidays that could be beneficial to everyone! Contact me, either over on Facebook or at mcklynntozan (at)...
by McKenzie | Dec 1, 2015 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog
Hi all! Just in case you haven’t heard elsewhere, my dinosaur poem, “Shopping for T-Rex,” is up at Whale Road Review today! Dear Editors, thank you so much for this recognition and giving this poem a home; I am so happy to be a part of your...
by McKenzie | Nov 18, 2015 | Poem of the Day Series
A POEM ABOUT BLUEGILLS There are poems about bluegills. There are poems about trout. The bluegill doesn’t give a shit. It’ll eat a bare hook but would rather not hear about your childhood. The bluegill’s thick headed. It hunkers down in the weeds,...
by McKenzie | Nov 16, 2015 | Poem of the Day Series
ELEGY IN WHICH A BIRD APPEARS I will make of my mind a scrape nest for your absence. Clear a swale for silences. Hollow it deep. Let it wild be with sorrow. Let it small psalm home again. And when it becomes difficult to imagine nothing as solid as a...
by McKenzie | Nov 15, 2015 | Poem of the Day Series
MOTHER’S LIPS After the Tsunami in Japan You have no father, my mother said & wiped my neck with a long towel;...
