Carie Juettner

A Mother’s Gift

Last November, I attended the Poetry Society of Texas Annual Awards Banquet, where two of my poems took home first place prizes. The banquet was lovely, the food was good, the poems were wonderful, and of course I was excited about my prizes, but the best part about the whole thing was that my momContinue reading “A Mother’s Gift”

Clean

Greetings, poetry lovers! As National Poetry Month draws to a close, I wanted to share some poetry-related news with you. First, I’m excited to announce that my poem “The Morning After” has been chosen to appear in the 2017 Texas Poetry Calendar. The calendar is always beautiful and I know I’ll be in good company there.Continue reading “Clean”

Review: Smallest Leaf

To be honest, I rarely read poetry collections cover to cover. I enjoy too much the freedom of opening a poetry book to any page and receiving a slice of meaning. When I do follow the “rules” and read the poems consecutively, it often takes me a long time to make it to the end.Continue reading “Review: Smallest Leaf”