Texas – Carie Juettner

Unstuck

Everyone gets stuck sometimes. Stuck in ruts, stuck in habits, stuck in circular thoughts and indecision. I’ve been stuck in summer. Stuck in short-sleeves, stuck in the house, stuck in cold drinks and sweat and flipflops. When you’re stuck in a writing rut, you can unstick yourself with goal-setting or creative prompts. When you’re stuckContinue reading “Unstuck”

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”

Politics aside

Happy National Poetry Month! Today I’d like to share a little haiku I wrote that was first published in The Texas Observer in 2015. Naomi Shihab Nye, who chose the poem for publication, said about my work: “I love Carie Juettner’s understated twist of observational loveliness in this tiny poem. When people in other states ask, asContinue reading “Politics aside”