Found Poem from Alternate Definitions of “Turn” a stage act or performance to make something the opposite of what it was previously change one’s actions or attitudes adversely to blunt or dull become hostile or antagonistic to make sour a strange feeling or a nervous shock an attack of illness feel that you […]
Gene Twaronite
Gene Twaronite is a Tucson poet, essayist, and children’s fiction writer. He is the author of ten books, including two juvenile fantasy novels as well as collections of essays, short stories, and poems, and the picture book How to Eat Breakfast. His first poetry book Trash Picker on Mars was the winner of the 2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for Arizona poetry. Other poetry collections include The Museum of Unwearable Shoes and What the Gargoyle Sees, published by Kelsay Books. Follow more of Gene’s writing at his website: thetwaronitezone.com.
Perceptible Increments
I watch the shadow cast from my apartment descend with the rising sun in barely perceptible increments notable to no one but me and wonder how many more notable things have I missed simply because they move too slowly or that I lack the right perspective. What if I could observe the Earth suspended in […]