Carie Juettner

Reading Poetry in a Thunderstorm

I wrote this poem several years ago when I was still teaching 7th grade English. I had a lot of fun finding ways to incorporate the poetic devices* I taught to my students into a description of a thunderstorm, and I was pleased when this poem finally found a home. It won first place inContinue reading “Reading Poetry in a Thunderstorm”

Blues

I took this picture of the sky this morning… … and realized it was a good day to share a poem with you. I wrote “Blues” several years ago, but it just recently found a home. The short poem won first place in the “Makes Sense to Me” prize in the Poetry Society of Texas’sContinue reading “Blues”

Patience, Perseverance, and a Little Luck

I’m standing on the Congress Avenue bridge in downtown Austin, leaning against the metal railing still warm from the just-set sun. Cars, bicycle cabs, and scooters whiz by behind me, but my eyes are focused on the water below, where kayaks of all colors gather and turn and spin like moths drawn to a neonContinue reading “Patience, Perseverance, and a Little Luck”