by Shannon Turner | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
Put pen to paperLean in for a kissStrike egg against countertopYou learn something new Train rolls down trackStep on a crackStumble in a dance moveYou learn something new Stand at the kitchen sinkRub foot against ankleDream of ocean tides, hands in sudsYou learn...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 21, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
Slowly, slowlymy days are movingtoward whatI want them to besoon, that tablewhich causes megriefbecause it reminds me of my fatherwill be gone I will arise at dawnand put on a pot of soupstretch my limbslike a plant unfurlingin the light of the window,surround...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, GCDD Storytelling Project
Pleased to share another fun story from the GCDD Storytelling Project published this month in Making a Difference Magazine.
by Shannon Turner | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
bio-1534494_640 Mariela brought us pears to eat in the park. The thought occurred to me to tell her about my grandmother, but the moment passed. Memaw loved pears. I brought them to her as gifts. Sometimes, I remember her knotted fingers curled around the bulbous...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
Mariela brought us pears to eatin the park. The thought occurred to meto tell her aboutmy grandmother,but the moment passed. Memaw loved pears.I brought them to her as gifts.Sometimes,I remember herknotted fingerscurled aroundthe bulbous bottomsas she cut one up,no...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog
I’m on a plane as I write this, headed to give a keynote and workshop for the good people at UNC-Wilmington and Coastal Youth Media Project. There’s nothing like travel to make us wake up, pay attention, become alive in all our sense. Inevitably when I fly I get...
