Odd ConnectionBy Deborah Holt WilliamsGlenwood Springs This poem is based on an actual event. One fine day in Monterey Baythe aquarium workers said “Whoa!”The giant Pacific octopusate lunch and then needed to go. Now animals vary in how they excrete.Wombat poop is a cube!But octopi roll with a tiny hole in their siphon, their mantle’s short […]
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Roller Derby QueensBy Nancy Bo Flood Cousins, we were the champion roller-derby skaters of Grandma’s basement. The floor was cement. Dusty spider webs hung in the corners of the wooden overhead beams. A monstrous octopus furnace sat hunched over and frowning in the very center of the basement. Giant metal arms reached out across the […]
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Tree PoemBy Frosty MerriottArkansas Have you heard them singing in the spring with the breeze? Have you seen them resting providing all with shade? Have you marveled in their splendor as they welcome us to our home? Have you seen them standing dormant dreaming yet of spring? Have you heard them screaming in the night […]
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Here, Now and AfterBy Rick DavisGlenwood Springs Editor’s note: Rick is a chaplain for a local hospice. Spending time with someone as they are dying is such a sacred-humbling experience, walking with them to the gate, standing there with them as they prepare to leave all they know and embrace something new. It was obvious […]
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Works in Progress – Dec. 21, 2023
Winter SolsticeBy Kitty Riley As dark shadows dayAnd sun yields and waitsWe gather by candles And behold the flames. We sing and we talkAnd savor the mealsWith spices and drinksOur best foods displayed. We join in laughterCry tears for those lostShout winter wishesOf holiday cheer. And we watch for dayTo grow longer soonAnd strengthen its glowAnd […]
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One Night Before ChristmasBy Tom MercerForever Carbondalian It was “that time of year again.” To Santa and Mrs. Claus, it seemed only weeks had passed since the previous Christmas, but both knew that as the days grew shorter it meant that Christmas was just around the corner (although there were no actual street corners in […]
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Works in Progress – Dec. 7, 2023
Approaching Avalon, Part 2By Amy Hadden Marsh, Carbondale Charlie and Maddie were long gone and I was once again cast adrift in the night on strange English roadways, panic stricken and distracted by headlights coming at me from the wrong side of the road, refracting off a rain-smeared windshield. Every time a bus or truck […]
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Works in Progress – Nov. 30, 2023
Approaching Avalon, Part IAmy Hadden MarshCarbondale Legend has it that the ancient, mystical isle of Avalon is tricky to find, that in ages past pilgrims often got lost in the mist that surrounded the island, never to be found. Certain romantic Arthurian legends say that King Arthur’s body was returned to Avalon after his death […]
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Works in Progress – Nov. 23, 2023
The Rise and Fall of the Colorado Yule Marble Company: Part IIBy Lynn “Jake” Burton Continued from last week’s Works in Progress page … By 1912, the Colorado Yule Marble Company (CYMC) had grown to about 700 workers; and so had its reputation nationwide, with dozens of white marble buildings scattered in several states, and […]
