The Lettuce
carriejonesbooks The Lettuce Again this summer I’ve forgotten to harvest the lettuce that we planted when the ground was barely workable, warm enough to support the tenderness of seedlings, brown, pale,…
poems
Everything Makes Us Scared
Everything Makes Us Scared The professor and his wife argue about the party though they love each other. Chairs are meant to be where exactly on the porch? Burgers pre-made…
A Wish, a Grammy Barnard Poem
So, this week I’ve decided to read one of my grandmother’s poems instead. Full disclosure: I have a lot of grandmothers and they are all dead and this one was…
Be Brave Friday! It’s a New Book Baby, Art, and a Weekly Round-Up
Hey! It’s BE BRAVE FRIDAY and um . . . I’m not sure what I’m being brave about right now. No. No, that’s a lie. I’m going to be brave…
Don’t Force that Rhyme. What exactly even is a forced rhyme?
Forced Rhyme Moments I was recently helping a poet/author who was worried about forced rhyme moments and then she realized she wasn’t absolutely sure what ‘forced rhyme’ even met. So,…