by McKenzie | Mar 27, 2019 | Poem of the Day Series
LOST & FOUND LOVE POEM WITH ORANGES & TRASH Seven clementines line the counter.I put the only three still firmin my lunch bag. The segmentsof the four remaining had pulled backfrom the browning rind likethe brain is set back from the skull,where blood collects...
by McKenzie | Mar 26, 2019 | Poem of the Day Series
HARD SEASON Already the spring lilacs are failing, in pieces and chunks, the way rust ruins metal everywhere. It doesn’t take much of that before she begins not to care. Which makes her want to rip the flawed flowers maliciously from the bushes, seeing how wind...
by McKenzie | Mar 25, 2019 | Poem of the Day Series
HOW I GO TO THE WOODS Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a singlefriend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable.I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. I have my way...
by McKenzie | Mar 21, 2019 | Blog, Literary Scene, Reading
The last few times we’ve lost a poet, I’ve had the privilege of knowing them, or at least loving their work. Today, with the loss of Linda Gregg, I walked into the unfamiliar place of not knowing a poet by name, or not being able to associate them with at...
by McKenzie | Jan 10, 2019 | Blog, Literary Scene, Reading
It came to my attention last night via social media that Marni Ludwig, poet of New Issues Poetry & Prose and Poetry Society of America, has passed away. She leaves behind her chapbook, Little Box of Cotton and Lightning, her full-length collection, Pinwheel, and...
by McKenzie | Dec 21, 2018 | Reading
Happy (very early!) Friday, everyone! This week, I’ve been spending some time with a really wonderful poet, Shaindel Beers. Soon enough, I’ll have an interview of her, her writing process, and her latest, Secure Your Own Mask, to share with...
