Ever since I was a kid, one my favorite Halloween decorations at my parents’ house has also been one of the most simple. Every year, my mom hangs “the witch’s laundry” on their clothesline. Black dresses and old Halloween costumes and a witch hat or two dangle there, cute and funny in the daytime andContinue reading “Growing Faces: A Creepy Autumn Poem”
Category Archives: Poetry
August in Texas
After forty-four days of over 100°F temperatures in Dallas this summer (twenty-one of them consecutive) we are finally getting a break from the excessive heat. The high in Richardson today is only 93°. Those of you who haven’t lived in this particular level of hell might be thinking, “Does seven degrees really make that muchContinue reading “August in Texas”
Poetry and Healing
The Poetry Society of Texas’ 2023 A Book of the Year arrived in my mail a couple of days ago. The collection of winning poems from the 2022 monthly and annual contests includes two pieces by me. “Upon Running into a Former Sweater at Goodwill” won the Old South Prize, and “Eating the Watermelon Moon”Continue reading “Poetry and Healing”
Carie Juettner 