poems – McKenzie Lynn Tozan

Blog, Literary Scene, Personal Achievements

Celebrate with Me! I’m a Poetry Reader for Muzzle Magazine!

Celebrate with me! I’m one of the new Poetry Readers for Muzzle Magazine!

A Night of Building a Manuscript & Reading Poetry

Here’s a quick snapshot of my Labor Day weekend! The Good Place, IT, reading poetry, and compiling my poetry manuscript!

Blog, Literary Scene, Readings Attended

An Inspiring Day in Kalamazoo: Poems

Happy Sunday, all! I had a wonderful, literary weekend, celebrating with Bill Olsen, New Issues Poetry & Prose, and fellow writer friends. Here are a few poems I loved from my weekend; enjoy!

Blog, Literary Scene, Reading

In Honor of Marni Ludwig: Five Poems

In honor of the excellent poet, Marni Ludwig, here are five poems: Four of hers and one of mine. All my love today to Marni, her family, and her friends.

Poetry Collections, Reviews & Interviews

“My Face Resembles / The One Reflected in the Water”: Reading David Dodd Lee’s And Others, Vaguer Presences

The thing that I love about erasure poetry is how interactive it can (and should!) be with the original work it is pulling from….

Reading

Reading David Dodd Lee

Happy Sunday, all! As fellow readers, book lovers, and writers, I know you have authors and books in your back pocket that you find yourself…

Blog, My Poems

Today: Three Tiny Poems

BAR TALK You remind me of a father figure—not my real father who I leave absent from my poems. Maybe for him, there are too…

Blog, My Poems, Writing Challenges

“Where It’s Gone” & The Prompt Behind It

Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday! I’m doing things a little differently starting this week, sharing a poem and the writing prompt behind it (I’m back…

Blog, Craft, My Poems

“All My Things Are Empty Now” & The Prompt That Wrote It

Hello, everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend and are enjoying your Monday. Starting this week, I’m going to do something a little…

Blog, My Poems

What Growing Up Tastes Like

—A poem today after a long hiatus —Happy International Day of the Girl WHAT GROWING UP TASTES LIKE I sit with my…

Blog, Literary Scene

My Reading with Write Night! Next Up: Dinosaurs.

Last night, I had the extremely great opportunity to perform as one of the five Selected Readers for Lit Literary Collective’s Write Night in…

Blog, Personal Achievements

Reading at LangLab Tonight! & Poem Featured as Creative Writing Prompt

Hi everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying your week. Two pieces of fun news for this afternoon— I’ll be reading tonight among friends at…