by McKenzie | Mar 27, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series
THIS LUMINOUS Turn off the light The hemming begins at once You hear the engine of the sewing heart stitching into sleep so you won’t come loose Out the window light is still moving that sees through your bonesI hold a flashlight to the fire in my hands How can...
by McKenzie | Mar 26, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series
ANOTHER ANTIPASTORAL I want to put down what the mountain has awakened. My mouthful of grass. My curious tale. I want to stand still but find myself moved patch by patch.There’s a bleat in my throat. Words fail me here. Can you understand? I sink to my knees...
by McKenzie | Mar 25, 2020 | Poem of the Day Series
RADIUM GIRL Once the boys were goldfish and all the girls were rings, tossed and bouncing from bowl to bowl. If not for the clink of plastic on glass,we’d never have known the frenzy,how it sorted itself to tinny song. The funhouse mirrors tripped us up, caught...
by McKenzie | Oct 27, 2019 | Reading
Happy Sunday, friends! I hope you’re having a relaxing weekend. Today, we’re going trick-or-treating in a neighborhood nearby with friends, and we’re also planning to go to Chicago’s Botanical Gardens to see their annual 1000 glowing...
by McKenzie | Oct 26, 2019 | Reading
Apple cider, fall leaves & crisp air, jack-o-lanterns a’glow—These are a few of my favorite, spookiest things… Happy Saturday, friends! If you’ve been here for a while, you know how much I love Halloween. And I also love countdowns....
