Julie SumnerLost in TranslationLost in Translation by Julie Sumner Onscreen you are perfected in pixels: laugh lines and blue-green eyes strikingly clear, still there’s...
Julie SumnerI Love HowI Love How by Julie Sumner in the West, the earth fashions itself arms, complete with angled elbows and cords of tendons, reaches upward w...
Julie SumnerThe Babylon WillowThe Babylon Willow by Julie Sumner Every tree that weeps is a hybrid of our own hands, grafted to grow into the softened shape of our sor...
Julie SumnerOld SoulOld Soul by Julie Sumner I have always been old. Before I lost my first tooth I learned to listen, to take the long view of life. I saw i...
rebekahmalineIf You Run, You're a RunnerThis weekend we discovered a new favorite bookstore—you know the type: stone walls, uneven floor, close shelves requiring you to accident...
Julie SumnerJulie's Review of LIKE by A.E.StallingsLike by A. E. Stallings Farrar, Straus, & Giroux 2018 There’s just a whole lot to love about this particular book of poems by A. E. Stall...
rebekahmalineConservatory Three in the morning wasn’t his typical time to sit on the lawn. Dew heavy trouser legs chilling his ankles and what had to be the same tw...
The Creativity GroupA Winter Hike by Karen WellsWe tucked in a brisk hike this morning, sneaking it into our schedules before resuming our appointments for the day. If we were going to...
The Creativity GroupWhat is Left?And what do I see When time passes swiftly And runs out of sand how to penetrate that dark scary forest And find my way through the brier...
The Creativity GroupApril's Sorrow Grandma Marilyn Ward, April 1927-April 2018 When cherry blossoms fluttered, Falling gently down, Unloosing hold on living limb To spin, a...
The Creativity GroupThe Patron Saint of Lost Things by JulieFinding some lost thing is a paradise all its own. When that leather wallet worn smooth as a burro's back, ambles shyly into its old pock...
The Creativity Group Blossoms For the cherry blossom tourist season in my home, Washington, D.C. Pink-toned blossoms can arrest Clicking heels on sidewalk gray. Season...