by Shannon Turner | Apr 11, 2017 | Blog
The smell of wild onion Pungent, vibrant in its protest, just cut by a careless blade The gloaming on tulip leaf and lilac bloom Bird song Whings Through air Neither warm nor cool Moving towards cool As the sun sinks deeper below the horizon And yet, it feels like the...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog
I have this awesome gym buddy, Bailey. I can credit her presence and encouragement in my life to a great deal of my physical and emotional health over the last five years. Periodically, rather than going to the gym, we opt for a nice, long walk instead. Inevitably,...
by Shannon Turner | Mar 31, 2017 | Blog
What’s in your closet that’s never seen the light of day? For years now, I have toted around this box from apartment to apartment to house marked, “Marilyn’s China.” I never opened it. Not once. My Aunt Marilyn was a legendary character...
by Shannon Turner | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog
If we have a conversation that lasts longer than, oh, 5 minutes, I will probably drop in a reference to a podcast I’ve recently been tearing through. Living alone as I do, and now that I’m driving all over the city and the South, going to various...
by Shannon Turner | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog
I wrote this poem in winter 2010 after visiting Jo Carson while she was enduring cancer. Jo was a great mentor to me in my writing and storytelling. She passed away in September 2011. *Twin Trees Falling in Tandem & Not Hitting Al’s Roof You in your kerchief...
