Today feels like a good day for a poem. I wrote “Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park” after my first trip to Big Bend in March of 2011. In November of 2013, I was visiting the park for the second time when I received word that my poem had won first place in the Poetry Society of Texas‘Continue reading “Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park”
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Pumpkins and Poetry
Today I’d like to share two little October-themed poems with you. “Harvest Moon” is my very first published poem. It appeared in the 2009 Texas Poetry Calendar, and was published under my maiden name, Carie Kinder. I wrote this poem in my head as I drove home from work one October night, the full moonContinue reading “Pumpkins and Poetry”
Growing Up on the Oregon Trail
This week, I’d like to share one of my poems. “Growing Up on the Oregon Trail” was first published last year in [Insert Coin Here], a video-game-themed anthology by Kind of a Hurricane Press. Growing Up on the Oregon Trail I remember the terrible day when my cousin died of dysentery. I’d gone hunting,Continue reading “Growing Up on the Oregon Trail”
Carie Juettner 