Miss SugarCookie

Tag: poetry

  • 2019-09-23 Skiddle-de-Do

    2019-09-23 Skiddle-de-Do

    The assignment due today? Pour the worst time in your life into a poem and make it linguistically beautiful and tragic and don’t forget to turn all the abstraction to concrete image. It’s the toughest assignment I’ve ever had. How do you turn all that black out drunk grief wailing near the top of the…

  • 2019-09-18 Words.. The Lost and Found Edition

    2019-09-18 Words.. The Lost and Found Edition

    When I was at residency I had a flood of words to work with. It’s always an interesting experiment in immersion and the impulse of spontaneous thought lingers for a while after I return home. This time around I was given an extra push and had some strong emotion to propel me forward and keep…

  • 2019-09-13 Making Sense of Nonsense

    2019-09-13 Making Sense of Nonsense

    This week has been a mess of nonsense. One minute things are fine, the next there’s an urgent letter that arrives and I spent time trying to decipher it, then I realize what day it is and go spinning back in time to try and make some words for that. I have assignments that are…

  • 2019-08-31 Autumn Declarations 🍂🍅🌼 and Life Proclamations

    2019-08-31 Autumn Declarations 🍂🍅🌼 and Life Proclamations

    I woke at 7:22am after sleeping for a solid 8 hours and 55 minutes. That’s the most I’ve slept in months, my average hovering at about 6.5. I feel great. Not just good, but great. Well, well now. Despite a few bumps, August was a success. I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be, tip-toes, tipping…

  • 2019-08-13 “Everything Now”

    2019-08-13 “Everything Now”

    At residency Jackson introduced me to a band. It’s not a new band, they’ve been around, but they are new to me. That’s how my life goes. That’s how everyone’s life goes, you know. You don’t know something until you know it. That’s why we need people. Other people. To know things and show us…

  • 2019-05-18 It’s Finally Here

    2019-05-18 It’s Finally Here

    Yesterday was my last day on contract. (I promise this post is not about work, again). Today is the first day of my new life. How Many Moons Does it Take? It will be many moons before I let go of feeling ultimately responsible for any outcome but I’m done with that life for now.…

  • 2019-05-10 The Problem with First Drafts

    2019-05-10 The Problem with First Drafts

    I’m pressed for time today. Splitting my hours in two to get enough of everything done. That just means that nothing will be done right. You know.. things take as long as they take and half the time is never enough for that! Last night I transferred about 10 new poems from paper into electronic…

  • 2018-11-28 These Are Strange Times

    Here I sit in a random dentist office in the middle of the Universe. It might not be accurate to say Earth is in the middle of the Universe, but I suppose any planet that is not at the edge of the Universe is technically in the middle. Maybe not the center, but who knows,…