by McKenzie | Jun 20, 2014 | Blog, My Poems
After two days hiding under the bed, my cat emerges, carrying his back leg as if useless, the toes on the supporting paw spread wide for balance. He continues like this, eyes wide and dilated, a growl that returns most evenings as the pain sets back in. It...
by McKenzie | Jun 19, 2014 | Blog, My Poems
thinking of Ashley Capps’ Mistaking the Sea...
by McKenzie | Jun 19, 2014 | Reading
Sometimes—particularly when life feels a little too busy, or the days need a little more structure (like the summer!)—I find myself immersed in the art of what I’ve come to call “dabbling.” This might mean simply browsing around on Google, or the...
by McKenzie | Jun 16, 2014 | Blog, My Poems
Listen—we are not discussing private matters. We are discussing how the rain strikes a teacup, a platter, a spoon. Left outside, they are vulnerable, the bare skin, the touch of water to metal or china— the tick tick tick—the clicking of a...
by McKenzie | Mar 13, 2014 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog
Great news! My poem, “Domesticity,” just received an Honorable Mention in the 2014 Western Michigan University Creative Writing Contest, in the graduate level division of poetry. Thank you, Adam Clay, for judging and for your recognition of my poem!...
