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While flying in to Chicago this morning, I was thinking about Horton Hears a Who, and how all of the Whos down in Whoville were shouting all in unison, “We are here! We are here! We are here!” so that their voices could be heard by the mean, old kangaroo, but their atmosphere wouldn’t letContinueContinue reading

Good News!

I just got an email from the editor of The New Formalist, and they are going to publish one of my poems! Now, three people think I’m awesome! 😉 I am very excited about this one, too, because it is a formal poem I first wrote as an undergraduate. I’ve done some revision to it,ContinueContinue reading “Good News!”

The Swale

Roving feet get suctioned in the swale.Mud leaches between laces and leatherbefore you see the depression coming.The valley looked drier, but spring rainand winter melt had no time to evaporateor seep deeper into the earth, harmless.This land rises up in such a way that dipsare unpredictable. Perhaps shallow cavitieswill always be damp, hollows I dareContinueContinue reading “The Swale”

Sleeping Beauty, Part II

We watched Sleeping Beauty again tonight. Lydia loves this movie – she actually sits on the couch and watches the whole thing, which doesn’t even happen with Shrek, and they LOVE Shrek. So, Sleeping Beauty is a huge hit for Lydia. After Elvis went to bed, I let Lydia stay up and watch the restContinueContinue reading “Sleeping Beauty, Part II”

Everything You Need to Know about the Enemy

You know those posters, “Everything I ever needed to know I learned in Kindergarten?” Well, tonight I bring you – everything I ever needed to know about the enemy I learned from watching Sleeping Beauty:1.) The Enemy Shows Up Uninvited2.) The Enemy Bestows Gifts, Which One Usually Expects to Be Good, but Certainly End inContinueContinue reading “Everything You Need to Know about the Enemy”

2009 Writing Resolution

Elvis said his first two-syllable word today – tractor. He is possibly the cutest thing on the planet, even cuter than labrador puppies. My mom took a short video clip of him, Lydia, my dad, and me sitting on the couch looking through a tractor book. It will go on Facebook sometime soon… if FacebookContinueContinue reading “2009 Writing Resolution”

Happy New Year!

I just ventured into Google to find out where I’m popping up these days (as my maiden name – the married version pulls up too many hits), and was sorely disappointed not to see Sarebear’s Sentral Spot appearing anymore. So, I dug up the old account and password, which, embarrassingly enough, is the same passwordContinueContinue reading “Happy New Year!”

Pruning Burning Bushes – in Relief: A Quarterly Christian Expression

Issue 2.4 of Relief: A Quarterly Christian Expression came today in the mail, and in it, my first published poem. Look at me, I’m a poet. Ah ah ah.Pruning Burning BushesI am over-pruning burning bushesthat border my front porch on Morgan,cutting back two-thirds of growthto trigger recovery from the trunk up.Horticulturalists wince as I sawthroughContinueContinue reading “Pruning Burning Bushes – in Relief: A Quarterly Christian Expression”

The Merciful Gardener

The Merciful Gardener“Come, see a man who told meeverything I ever did.” – John 4:29It feels as if I’ve been buried hereforever, dehydrated, covered in dirt,a crocus stagnant and frozen with scaleswrapped tight and tunic pointing skywardwaiting for signs of spring. And nowwater trickles down, sunbeams warm the soil,I can feel myself changing, breaking!All I’veContinueContinue reading “The Merciful Gardener”

Consider the Sparrows

Consider the SparrowsSo many come, Dad hides behind a blindwith birdshot and a rifle in the grain field.They scatter, land, scatter, land. I hear themchirping through the boom, watch their flightripple like cotton sheets lifted in the wind.A sparrow’s egg on concrete – the yolkseeping through the fracture – makes me stopto look from brokenContinueContinue reading “Consider the Sparrows”