by McKenzie | Sep 30, 2015 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog
Hi all! Just in case you haven’t heard elsewhere, my wedding night poem, “Undress,” is up at Thank You for Swallowing today, alongside my all-awesome, only-for-Thank-You-for-Swallowing duckface. Dear Editor, thank you so much for this...
by McKenzie | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog, My Poems
And it is from this moment that you are going to live. Think of that. You’re standing in the middle of what used to be a cornfield,...
by McKenzie | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog
Yesterday evening, I wrote a sort of long-time-no-see post, followed by a post that very well may have opened a huge door for me. I shared how a poem from my earlier writing life had hugely intersected with a specific incident from my day yesterday, and I came...
by McKenzie | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog, My Poems
I had a bit of a moment today, and I really have to share. In the picture to your left is my beautiful, nine-and-a-half-month old daughter, Cadence (yes, like the title), and she had her first turn on a swing today—one of those little, infant-safe ones on...
by McKenzie | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog
Hello, everyone! Needless to say, it’s been a while—sorry for the radio silence. As some of you know, I graduated this May with my MFA in Poetry from Western Michigan, and my life since then hasn’t quite been what you would have expected. As my younger...
