by minervarising | Jul 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have kept very quiet this week in the wake of the Zimmerman trial verdict. I have read many a tweet, article, reaction, and analysis of what happened and why. I am a person who largely keeps my head in the sand regarding current events and world news because I...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Apr 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
In the past two years, as I have revised and reworked my manuscript of poems, “Confluence,” I have thought seriously about principles. I have thought about ordering principles and about the principled act of walking outside each day. I think of the Midwest, of...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Apr 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve never been much of a rebel, though I admire those who are. Sure, back in the day I rolled the waistband of my skirt until my hemline defied junior high regulations, carefully ripped my jeans (before you could buy them that way) and shouted, “No more guns, no more...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Mar 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
I awoke this morning stiff and sore at the sight of winter’s black, littered sidewalks. It’s in the low 30’s, the snow is melting and spring is just toying with us. The clocks are shooting bullets and minutes and seconds into our daylight hours and when I awake...
by Kim Brown | Feb 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Julia is fourteen years old and the youngest member of my Thursday morning art class. When I first started, I thought it was odd that she wasn’t in school. But then I learned that she went to an alternative school that allowed her to spend more time developing her...