Writing about your childhood and teen years is hard, not just because of the natural tendency to make ourselves the heroes of our stories, which can often lead to being really understanding about why you did dumb shit but not so much about the other people who were (or weren’t) there, and not just because … Continue reading Reclamation Part 6
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Another Poem to Love The Most Wonderful Time of the Year "A Taste of New Orleans in Haiku" by Mona Lisa Saloy I admit, I’ve had a hard time of it the last month or so. This is usually my favorite holiday season, Mardi Gras, and even though I’ve lived far away from it this … Continue reading The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
The River Remembers
by January Gill O'Neil from her book Glitter Road I remember an all-day field trip to the Honey Island Swamp. Canoes, sack lunches brought from home with soda cans wrapped in foil, their tops distended from too long in the freezer. We wore clothes we didn’t mind ruining just in case. Near the end of … Continue reading The River Remembers
Becoming Your Own God
"The God Who Loves You" by Carl Dennis In Genesis 2, God creates Adam and then tells him he’s free to eat from any tree in the garden, except for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, “for when you eat from it you will surely die.” I can’t remember how many different … Continue reading Becoming Your Own God
Another Poem to Love 