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...
by McKenzie | Apr 14, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
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, Reading
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...
by McKenzie | Apr 3, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series, Reading
WINTER LANDSCAPE, WITH ROOKS Water in the millrace, through a sluice of stone, plunges headlong into that black pond where, absurd and out-of-season, a single swan floats chaste as snow, taunting the clouded mind which hungers to haul the white reflection down. The...
