by McKenzie | Jan 4, 2023 | Blog, Literary Scene, Reading
I always enjoy the new year: the excitement, the hope, and of course, the resolutions. In the last few years, it’s become especially important to me to plan my year well and to create goals for myself that would serve me in becoming the writer, freelancer, and...
by McKenzie | Sep 14, 2022 | Reading
Hi friends! Happy Wednesday. I know I haven’t written a post like this for a while, but I wanted to share some poems with you today! In the past couple of weeks, I haven’t been reading the most poetry, and I’ve been missing it, so I dove back in this...
by McKenzie | Sep 9, 2022 | Reading, Reviews, YA Literature
Happy Friday, friends! We are officially one week into September, which of course means it’s spooky season—which means it’s time to break out the pumpkins, the decor, and of course, the spooky reads. First up this season is a graphic novel that was...
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...