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”
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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”
Writerly Ramblings on a Rainy Afternoon
“Up a Tree” won 2nd Place in the Austin Poetry Society’s 2014 Moving Along Award After two years of writing, I still expect stories to pop out of my head and form, nearly-finished, on the page. Despite more than a decade of telling students to slow down and take their time, I still rush. AlthoughContinue reading “Writerly Ramblings on a Rainy Afternoon”
Carie Juettner 