by McKenzie | Aug 1, 2019 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog, My Poems
Hi all! I’m happy to announce my poem, “Daughter Wild,” was featured in Issue 10 of Young Ravens Literary Review, which is live as of today! You can read the issue here, and you’ll find my poem on page 22! I also want to give a nod to Wolverine...
by McKenzie | Jul 30, 2019 | Blog, My Poems
AN ACCORD In the early light, their see-through dress wings show against my shirt, their bodies muted yellow, & I do not mind if they might harm me.The mutual understanding here is simple: let me live. The smallnon-exchange of a sting for the smack of a hand. The...
by McKenzie | Apr 30, 2019 | Achievements, Publications, and Writing Challenges, Blog
Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday! I hope you’re having a wonderful week. For today, I have a fun announcement! Vocal Poets announced their 2019 “Poetry-in-Motion” contest back at the end of March, in honor of National Poetry Month. My poem, “Bad...
by McKenzie | Apr 1, 2019 | Blog, Literary Scene
Happy Monday, reading and writing friends! Happy April 1st! And Happy National Poetry Month! National Poetry Month was first thought up by the Academy of American Poets (or, as many readers think of them, Poets.org, or Poem-A-Day). The idea caught fire, and now it...
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...
