By Elizabeth Enslin on March 11, 2010
The High Desert Journal has accepted another poem of mine, this time for Issue 11 of their print journal, due out in April. Although it doesn’t focus exclusively on cows, my sestina, “Now That I’ve Moved Inland,” does feature them in every stanza….
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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged cows, Humor, Poetry
By Elizabeth Enslin on March 9, 2010
I had my first poem published in January and am proud to announce that another poem, “What the Photo Shows,” has been accepted for publication….
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Posted in Poetry, Publication, Recent | Tagged maturity, motherhood, nature writing, parenting, Poetry
By Elizabeth Enslin on January 8, 2010
I’m honored that my first poem ever to be published — “In the Flat Field” — is in The High Desert Journal. It’s a fabulous regional publication that showcases writing rooted in the Interior West of North America….
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Posted in Poetry, Publication, Recent, Species Humor | Tagged cow poetry, cows, Homesteading, nature writing, Poetry
By Elizabeth Enslin on November 25, 2009
Unlike my stepfather and his clan, numerous cousins, the son I spawned, and many friends; I don’t usually look at wild animals and think: meat. Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), indigenous to North America, have become a recent exception….
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Posted in Humor, Poetry, Politics and History, Seasons and Rituals, Species of the Week | Tagged food, holidays, Thanksgiving, wild, wordplay
By Elizabeth Enslin on November 19, 2009
It’s wordle time again at Read Write Poem. This month’s prompt delivered a collection of words beginning with “P”….
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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged books, nostalgia, Poetry, wordplay
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 22, 2009
A poem randomly assembled from words taken from the submission guidelines of literary journals. Written in response to Read Write Poem’s “Get Your Poem On #97.”
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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged play, Poetry
By Elizabeth Enslin on October 15, 2009
A wordle-inspired poem that also muses on climate change for Blog Action Day.
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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged climate change, patience, photography, Poetry, rhythm
By Elizabeth Enslin on September 17, 2009
That morning,
in the clover of my garden,
I find a poisonous snake
curled in slumber….
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Posted in Poetry, Recent | Tagged amphibians, childhood, tarantulas, wild
By Elizabeth Enslin on August 20, 2009
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Posted in Poetry, Yurt Living | Tagged Homesteading, Poetry, solar energy, wordplay, yurt
By Elizabeth Enslin on May 15, 2009
I’m trying to catch up on all the work I didn’t do during National Poetry Writing Month, but I found it hard to resist the Read Write Poem wordle prompt this week. It’s a pretty rough attempt that has not faced much reflection or revision. Now back to working in the garden.
I gather the
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Posted in Poetry | Tagged Poetry, wordplay
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