Miss SugarCookie

Category: poetry

  • 2018-11-21 The Art of Thinking Differently

    In residency last sumner for my MFA program I attended a lecture where the faculty talked about being an artist and experiencing the world differently. I think she alluded to “seeing”, but I think it applies to all the senses. If you can see the world differently, then you can most certainly hear the world…

  • 2018-10-10 When the Situation Calls For Chaos (or Poetry, Take Your Pick)

    Strange Times Cats and cats getting along like republicans and democrats, yeah just like that / scratches appear across fingers crossed / keep your arms and legs inside the moving vehicle at all times / it was the worst of times, it was the worst of times / I’m afraid nobody will ever be nostalgic…

  • 2018-09-21 On Inspiration and Nostalgia

    2018-09-21 On Inspiration and Nostalgia

    Some days I think about writing poetry and I’m all like “I got nothin”. Other days I start thinking about life and my history and the music in my ears and everything seems like a poem begging to be born. I’ve been around the block and I’ve experienced a lot of shit. Some of it…

  • 2018-08-21 What Happens When You Ignore Poetry

    On Sunday I was so hopped up on caffeine and quite inspired by everything that I had been reading. All I wanted to do was write poetry, all I needed to do was write an essay for school, all that came out instead was an overly dramatic blog post where I declared that in the…

  • 2018-08-19 Crossing the Streams

    When I said a week ago that the next two weeks were gonna be big, it was a statement largely guided by intuition and the knowledge that I’ve got a lot going on. It’s the confluence of all the fires of my life colliding into a massive pire. I’m either gonna walk out the other…

  • 2018-08-18 Summer School Saturday – What it Looks Like

    Yesterday I made the successful transition into school mode. I finished reading a bunch of definitions about imagery and metaphor and started digging into the first selection of poets I’ve elected to read this go-round. I encountered a certain level of frustration because I’m not reading concept texts like I was last term. This time…

  • 2018-07-20 MFA Day 6 – You Can’t Always Get What You Want

    All I have time for is poetry today. Running short on time and feeling late and unprepared for the last thing and the next thing. I guess that’s one advantage to being a poet… *** Morning rise, early after no sleep sickness rising also, unrest in my stomach. Push it down, down, preparing for a…

  • 2018-07-14 MFA Day 0 – Sunset at the Lodge

    2018-07-14 MFA Day 0 – Sunset at the Lodge

    I arrived last night at 5PM sharp and almost EVERYTHING in my life decided to converge at that moment. I ended up missing the window for the MFA check-in which was supposed to be 3-5PM and let that go because getting to my room became an incredible priority for multiple reasons. First, I had a…