PinnedMember-onlyTurquoise TrailInto the West Sonnet Series — Seeking a stone to fill the hole of loss that gaped and sang for medicine. Precious as silver mined or a hawk feather tossed by the wind, where the high desert’s spacious grace gives benediction to art. Holy dirt in a hole in the floor, offering a cure, a miracle. We were only travelers, become pilgrims, bestowing meaning…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
16 hours agoMember-onlyHomer Wilson RanchInto the West Sonnet Series — a latecomer — Let your eyes fill in how it might have been: ranch hands driving sheep down the dry creek bed, men crowded in the bunkhouse. Were they friends, or enemies on tacit truce’s ledge? Now human feet plod through gravel, hikers on a mission to the rare red canyon, pilgrims of beauty. The table of glory was set…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
16 hours agoMember-onlyAnnie LiebovitzA poem about photography, prompted by a photographer — In this photograph you see what I let you see maybe you see me or maybe you see a town or it could be a landscape What you see is truth what you see is also lies a trick of the light rendered here now in silver floating in an…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyMarfa, TXEncountering locals in a West Texas town — A barking surprise trespassing my attention Man at the window “Come on, really? They’re just dogs.” My presence, on the street, an intrusion The other night, my family and I watched an episode of Seinfeld where Jerry told Kramer he had only come along “for the material.” As a writer…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
5 days agoMember-onlyMarch, 3Instant 365 project — Hi again with more photos from my photo-a-day challenge! Here’s my boyfriend and I cheesin’ it up in the Big Bend backcountry, where we were camping. The middle of nowhere is our happy place, and we had the best time, with the best weather . . . . until the…Photography4 min readPhotography4 min read
6 days agoMember-onlyMarch, 2Instant 365 Project Hi friends! I am back from my camping trip to Big Bend National Park and trying to catch up on things. I owe y’all two posts related to my photo-a-day-challenge attempt with Instax mini film; this is the first of those. When I started looking for the…Photography3 min readPhotography3 min read
Mar 14Member-onlyBack HomeInto the West Sonnet Series — Tent life is a simple life, stripped down bare to the necessities, and to the now. Little things are luxuries, like the air mattress and warm bedding. Nature shows how you can get along with very little. It shows you how many things you don’t need even though your house is stuffed with them. Full of good…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Mar 13Member-onlyPanhandleInto the West Sonnet Series — The road home is a flat plain, a runway bisecting a thousand acres, where grain and cattle reign. Silos scrape the sky. Grey clouds are a blessing, the sun is the same. We slide in silence, barely moving by the monotony of the land. Seven hours of constant communion with high heaven laying lightly on earth…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
