Poetry, Writing

Fourth Corrie Poem Published

Corrie's Mom

Cordella Press published “Some Mornings on the Farm” on its Field Notes’ page.

“Some Mornings on the Farm” is my fourth poem about Corrie to be published.

It is the third poem from my “When We Danced in the Rain” poetry collection to be published.

This publication is my sixth poem between 2021-2022.

I’m grateful that “Some Mornings on the Farm” marks my twentieth publication. I’m fortunate that I’ve had academic work, short memoir and fiction published in addition to these poems.

The beautiful image paired with the poem on the Field Notes’ page is by Carlos Santos, and reminds me of a more gorgeous picture of the paths John had created for me to walk when the COVID-19 shut down started.

It is also one of the first poems in which I wrote describing the imagery on the farm in connection with Corrie.

Below is an excerpt:

“other dawns spill

the colors of sunflowers

and tiger lily blossoms

across the fields and

above the mountain.”

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They say teacher turn over is high right now, and many teachers will leave the profession in five years or less. I will enter my seventh year as a full-time teacher, and my 12th year in education after I'd started as a sub and teacher assistant. I was the student in the 1990s you did not want in your classroom because I was diagnosed with ADHD and did not know how to socialize with other kids. I was due to be tested for autism, but this was considered an ostracizing experience for a child then, especially a girl. I am a third generation teacher and author of seventeen creative works.

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