This Front Porch

Poetic Polaroid #1 [a day at "the office"]

Mav — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:34:51 +0000

I have decided to start a project called Poetic Polaroids. Much like those classic photos, these poems are instant snap- shots of moments in time. Raw. Unposed. Entirely candid. Unedited. I want to bleed for you Tear my clothes and grieve for you Pull my hair and scream for you I am the listener of your nightmares I am the [...]

A Word’s Worth

Mav — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:07:17 +0000

I guess I was out sick that day in kindergarten when they taught the whole, “actions speak louder than words,” lesson because throughout my whole life I have grappled with–and have been burned by–the difference that exists between peoples’ words and their actions. Maybe it is because I am a writer and a poet that I [...]

Bus/Rail Fieldtrip: January

Mav — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:34:55 +0000

One of my goals for this year is to become proficient in using/riding the train and bus system where I live. I think the bulk of my trepidation regarding this venture comes from a rather miserable mishap I had years ago in college. One of my dear friends and I worked for an afterschool daycare program [...]

In the Words of Womyn

Mav — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:38:04 +0000

I cannot quite convey how *thrilled* I am to announce the birth of a new blog: In the Words of Womyn. You can read all about the vision of this new blog and what inspired me to start it here. This blog serves as a kind of virtual open mic for womyn to give sound [...]

New Concepts for 2010: Text Pals

Mav — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:54:13 +0000

Did you ever have a penpal? I remember having several at various points throughout my elementary school career. We were paired up with kids from around the world and we exchanged letters. Boy was it exciting to get those tell-tale red and blue boardered international mail envelopes with such exotic stamps. There was such thrill and [...]

Well Here We All Are…

Mav — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:56:31 +0000

…in 2010. 2010 always seems like one of those fake movie years, like some random future date at which we will never arrive. Welp, here we are. I could go on with some story about why I abandoned my dear Front Porch visitors, but I’ll save you the tales and I’ll hope that you forgive my absence [...]

I’m Dreaming of a…

Mav — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:54:23 +0000

…White Christmas… Hahaha! Pretty awesome right? Yeah, I still do crack myself up. Hey, at least I know I’ll always have one person who thinks I’m funny–well actually two. My sister thinks I’m hilarious. Her husband even knows when she’s talking to me on the phone because she has a special, “talking to my hilarious sister [...]

Who Says Washing Dishes Has to be an Ugly Affair?

Mav — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:04:51 +0000

I always liked the idea of a window right over the kitchen sink. There is something whimsical about being able to feel the breeze on a balmy spring day as you’re filling a pitcher of quenching water; something calming about watching the trees bend and sway in the wind as you clip stems to fill [...]

New Year’s Re-Solutions

Mav — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:40:48 +0000

This is the season of re-. We REjoice about all things spiritual and seasonal. We REcycle gift bags from last year. We REceive trinkets and tokens from friends and family. We REgift last year’s randomest gifts. We REturn wrong sizes, colors, and styles. We REmember people and moments we cherish. We REtell our favorite stories. We REsolve to do things a bit differently [...]

‘Tis the Season…

Mav — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:55:26 +0000

I was sick outta work on my hands I had time in between all my naps I came up with this rhyme it started with a tickle then my throat got sore so I bought all the Airborne I could find in the store I was sneezin’ and wheezin’ all laid up in my bed had a pain in my dome like a vice around my [...]