by McKenzie | Mar 29, 2019 | Poem of the Day Series
A BLESSING Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota,Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass.And the eyes of those two Indian poniesDarken with kindness.They have come gladly out of the willowsTo welcome my friend and me.We step over the barbed wire into the...
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 | Dec 7, 2017 | Blog, My Poems
Happy Thursday, everyone! I’m arriving a tad late to the party again today, but I hope you each had a wonderful day, and I appreciate, again, you joining me in my writing journey. I’ve been doing things a little differently this week, writing every...
