Dear friends, Let's not forget this day in history when the U.S. was forced to enter World War II. My father could have died there, young. He was on the battleship the USS Arizona just two years before the attack. Luckily, he transferred to submarines. More than a thousand men were not so lucky. My father had …
Coming soon: Moody Gardens
Celebrating the release of my poetry book Moody Gardens: A Collection of Travel Poems. It's almost here! Here is the cover with art by El Paso artist Erika Martinez!
New Release: “Puppy Love”
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At the Un-National Monument Along the Canadian Border
I love the following poem about the Canadian border. Think about how different the Canadian border in this poem is from the Mexican border now and throughout history. Doesn't it make you wonder why it's so different? At the Un-National Monument Along the Canadian Border by William Stafford This is the field where the battle …
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News!
Check out my latest publication at Dreamers Magazine. https://www.dreamerswriting.com/stories-poems/susan-zenker/
Krylon Quick-dry, Battleship Gray
by Susan Zenker On the curb at Hunter and Wilcox on the pay phone at Michael’s Crafts on the bridge marker, 15’11” along the bench at the Baptist Church back of Benny’s, doors and dumpsters, stop sign, mailbox, brick wall, fence, on a windshield scratched in rain dust -- you can’t catch me – chicken …
Thoughts at the Dentist’s
I lost a tooth today a new empty space on the right joining on the left the older empty spaces of three. On this day too John McCain was buried Trump made a deal with Mexico excluded Canada at the table while I, I’ve lost a tooth today. A dentist pried poked drilled twisted …
Launch
Launch date -- August 23. I'm happy you're visiting my new author site going live today. Though it is still under construction, you can read some of my poetry on my site. Please come back for more.
Hello and welcome!
I'm a new member of the Story Cartel Course and Becoming Writer Community under author Joe Bunting! I'm excited to start a blog about writing and reading as they go hand in hand. My first recommendation is Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones. If you are a writer, you need to read this book. It …
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