Happy National Poetry Month! Today I’d like to share a little haiku I wrote that was first published in The Texas Observer in 2015. Naomi Shihab Nye, who chose the poem for publication, said about my work: “I love Carie Juettner’s understated twist of observational loveliness in this tiny poem. When people in other states ask, asContinue reading “Politics aside”
Author Archives: Carie Juettner
Ode to Oak Season
Today at school, my sinus headache made me grumpy with my students, even though they hadn’t done anything to make me grumpy. But I don’t think they noticed; they were grumpy too. One boy bravely volunteered answers and completed his work while holding a tissue to his nose the entire class period. One girl hadContinue reading “Ode to Oak Season”
No Joke
I’m posting this tonight rather than tomorrow morning because I don’t want anyone to think anything in here is a joke. I also don’t want anyone to avoid reading my post because they’re worried it might be a joke. I also don’t want to post it and then become suspicious of all the comments because I’mContinue reading “No Joke”
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