Category archives: Poetry
Hope has fluxed us
I wrote this poem based on a drawing by my friend Jeff Beaver. — Hope has fluxed us I’ve retraced my steps a thousand times but still I don’t remember ……………………….what happened— …………..where she went, where I went, how …………..we… continue reading »
Aesthetic Moments
The aesthetic moment lasts 15 minutes maybe when my heart(your heart) harmonizes—–then it stops and we’re back where we were before: I’m picking at the broken button on your couch and you’re plucking guitar strings, playing playful melodies(not at all)… continue reading »
Mammon
“But it is not the rich man only who is under the dominion of things; they too are slaves who, having no money, are unhappy from the lack of it.” – George MacDonald — I wrote this poem after having… continue reading »
If I am / In God’s will, / The lives of others / Will be helped
I’ve read half of Jayber Crow four times. The most recent three times I’ve had this poem/prayer as my bookmark, courtesy of Caitie Merz. I carried this poem with me to Iraq; I read it and ponder it often. (Underlines… continue reading »
The Divorce, part two (a poetry series)
Here’s my attempt at a poetry series. It’s not polished by any means, but I haven’t posted poems on my blog in a while, so I thought I should — whether these poems are worth publishing or not. So, here’s… continue reading »
Happy Mother’s Day, etc. etc.
It isn’t procrastination. I’ve been thinking about this for weeks. I just haven’t had the confidence to sit down and do it. Here’s the thing about making a gift: if you spend too much time working on it, you’ll realize… continue reading »
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
, I hear. In Prose Style with Dr. Allison, we learned the importance of imitation writing. Three of the essays we wrote that semester were imitation pieces. I wrote a short story imitating As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner,… continue reading »
Poetry to creative nonfiction and back again
I read an essay earlier this semester in Creative Nonfiction about how you should write a poem before you write a CNF piece, to get all your thoughts out. Interesting. I’ve never tried it before–usually I do the opposite–but I’m… continue reading »
Tell all the truth but tell it slant–
When it comes to writing news stories, you need to tell the whole truth clearly, precisely. When it comes to writing reports, you do the same. When it comes to writing creative nonfiction, you tell all the Truth but tell… continue reading »
an e.e. cummings prayer (“i thank You God for most this amazing”)
i thank You God for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive… continue reading »