by McKenzie | Jan 17, 2022 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
Hi friends! A beautiful image for your Monday evening— * SILVER THAW How cold the angels are—so they come down to Mississippi,their breath rising from the ice of their bodies to frost the clover. And they take the trees one by onebecause they are jealous.All...
by McKenzie | Jan 4, 2022 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
Happy Tuesday, friends! I don’t know about you, perhaps especially with being sick, it’s been harder to shake off that looming feeling of the holidays this year. But at the same time, I’m feeling all that excitement of the new year and what it...
by McKenzie | Nov 9, 2021 | Blog, Poem of the Day Series, Reading
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Let’s enjoy a pair of poems by the wonderful Olena Kalytiak Davis from the incredible 2014 collection, The Poem She Didn’t Write and Other Poems. Enjoy! NOT THIS my god all the days we have lived thrusayingnot thisone, not...
by McKenzie | Feb 21, 2021 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
SKY DIVING I hang on the edge of this universe singing off-key talking too loud embracing myself to cushion the fall I shall tumble into deep space never in this form or with this feeling to return to earth It is not tragic I will spiral through that Black hole losing...
by McKenzie | Feb 20, 2021 | Blog, Poem of the Day Series, Reading
EVE REMEMBERING 1 I tore from a limb fruit that had lost its green. My hands were warmed by the heat of an apple Fire red and humming. I bit sweet power to the core. How can I say what it was like? The taste! The taste undid my eyes And led me far from the gardens...
by McKenzie | Jul 7, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
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...
