by McKenzie | Jul 28, 2020 | Poetry Collections, Reviews
Hi everyone! I’m happy to announce my latest review, Angela Voras-Hills’ Louder Birds from Pleiades Press, 2020, is now live at Green Mountains Review! You can read it here! Elizabeth Powell at GMR recommended this book to me and was a true joy to work...
by McKenzie | Jul 7, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series
Happy Tuesday, friends! As I mentioned yesterday, I’m throwing myself back into doing the things I love—and I LOVE celebrating my fellow writers. If you’d like to have one of your works featured, or do a mini-interview with me about your process or...
by McKenzie | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog, Literary Scene
Happy Monday, friends! I hope you’re all having a nice start to your week and are doing your best to keep your spirits high. I’ve been struggling a lot lately with all that’s going on in our world, as I’m sure many can agree with. Fortunately...
by McKenzie | Apr 14, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series
THE LIGHT THE DEAD SEE There are many people who come backAfter the doctor has smoothed the sheetAround their bodyAnd left the room to make his call.They die but they live.They are called the dead who lived through their deaths,And among my peopleThey are considered...
by McKenzie | Apr 7, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series
DOING LAUNDRY ON SUNDAY So this is the Sabbath, the stillnessin the garden, magnoliasdrying damp bells, petticoats, over the porch rail, while bicyclewheels thrum and the full-breasted tulips open their pink blousesfor the hands that pressed them first as bulbs into...
