You may stop holding your breath now. I made it home from my workshop with horror writers at the cabin in the woods. Books with Bite was amazing, as was the entire Highlights Foundation experience. I’ll tell you all about it after I get some sleep and readjust to the real world, but today IContinue reading “Night Travel: A Found Poem”
Category Archives: Poetry
Underneath
I spent the weekend grading my students’ journals, and it made me want to post this poem, which was published in Encore: Prize Poems of the NFSPS in 2015. Underneath I straightened the mirror a couple of times, so I have OCD, then got distracted by a dog, so you added ADD. I washed my handsContinue reading “Underneath”
Get a Cat (or Don’t)
Cats are such a joy. Usually. On one hand, they’re adorable. And they provide hours of entertainment both in the form of comedy… …and drama. But they can also be needy… …and creepy… …and owning a cat often means waking up to this: It’s a tough choice. Maybe this poem, first published by the PoetryContinue reading “Get a Cat (or Don’t)”
Carie Juettner 