Mackenzie Davis

Joined August 2022

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“When you are describing a shape, or sound, or tint, don’t state the matter plainly, but put it in a hint. And learn to look at all things with a sort of mental squint.” Lewis Carroll

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Workshops are Treasure Troves
Why should we have confidence in our writing? This is a question that has many answers. Because you’re a good writer, because you’re writing about important topics, because people love your work, because you care… We’re missing something important if we start here, though. The bigger question is, how do we GET confident?
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Writers
Send me a photo!. Top Story - December 2023.
Merry Christmas, everyone! How are you all doing? (Yes, I do want to know the answer to that, so please tell me in the comments. 😊)
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Writers
Hymnal to the Clouds. Top Story - December 2023.
A/N: I recommend a slow reading pace. Resplendent are the robes of winter
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Poets
Humorous Haikus. Top Story - December 2023.
It all started during the "Short & Sweet" challenge, as I sat counting both syllables and letters for my last-minute haikus. Remember how they granted an extension because of a technical difficulty on the final day? I wrote several during that time – haikus, that is – and while I was rushing to get them submitted, there my husband was, writing haiku after haiku while he lounged in bed, loudly mocking me. Counting on his fingers.
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Humor
Going Home
START: Playwriting classroom, community college END: White picket fence Head east on Stranger Drive, toward the desk with the dark, brooding man. Then, turn left into his almost
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Poets
WINNERS! – Grocery List Challenge
When I started this challenge, I was not expecting as many entries as I got. Why? I worried it was too restrictive, perhaps off-putting. After all, my goal for setting this up was to encourage minimalism. A grocery-list (or shopping-list) poem seems easy at first glance, but when you sit down to start, it quickly becomes clear there is a narrow path forward. How can just a few items imply a whole story, emotional depth and complexity, get to the heart of daily life?
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Writers
Not to Fight the Dragon, Then
Inside the empty Brobdingnagian hose, dreams lay dying as drowned canopy down. A wee fireman plucks what’s left, the watery serpent drained away, below;
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Poets
Update – Grocery List Challenge. Top Story - November 2023.
With the deadline for the "I'd Read Your Grocery List" challenge coming up on Saturday, November 18th, I wanted to address a couple things I set up in the initial post.
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Writers
Breath of Life
The shrinking wasn’t the worst part; it was the feeling of drowning. He’d come into this world screaming, kicking, blind. Now, the world was his lungs closing, as if they’d never existed at all.
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Fiction
Ah, Unchangeable
She remembered Faulkner’s story about the necrophiliac old woman. The out-of-order narrative comforted her, made her think she could fashion a love that strong and remain unchanged in its blush.
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Fiction
Finesse is a Mouse
A shield is like a locked door – impassive. It holds up to a beating, scares off the desperately mean, but has a glaring weakness –
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Poets
I'd Read Your Grocery List
A couple months ago, a friend told me he'd read my grocery list at this point. And then he decided to turn that statement into a challenge. (I may have suggested it indirectly, but, I ask you, who remembers these things?)
By Mackenzie Davis2 years ago in Writers