Posts Tagged ‘Becca J.R. Lachman’
Poetry Friday: “Walking on Water in Venice”
October 19, 2018
Anyone who’s visited a city far from daily familiars—surrounded by new language, customs, landscapes, and cuisine—knows how the senses seem on high alert, including our acknowledgment that we inhabit a physical body attempting to maneuver all of the above with grace and even confidence. Here, Jean Janzen’s speaker revisits a romanticized location known for its…
Read MorePoetry Friday: “Saint Francis Appears at the Scene of an Accident, Then Joins the Murmuration”
November 24, 2017
Reflecting on a strange or disturbing story as a distant narrator can often have a lasting impact. This poem by Becca J.R. Lachman is eerie and curious—it may or may not have actually happened but her storytelling is powerful. From the title we know there has been an accident. We also are asked to “Imagine…
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