Makenzie A. VanceApr 8, 20191 min readTwo-Sentence PoemThose bright nights of my childhood when the rest of the world was a darkened blur, spent in spotlights on softball diamonds where the...
Makenzie A. VanceApr 8, 20191 min readPaMy parents told me this story only once, about my great grandfather who was born in 1901 in Castle Dale, Utah. When he was a teenager,...
Makenzie A. VanceApr 8, 20191 min read50 Cent MugSmooth ceramic coated with stripes of shades of blue, Brushstrokes blur the color beneath the glaze. Sky blue, indigo, sky blue, indigo...
Makenzie A. VanceApr 8, 20191 min readCompanion PoemI watch my brother twin with her, the two of them sitting across the living room with me. He leans down against her shoulder, his arms...
Makenzie A. VanceApr 8, 20191 min readYesterday's StormFive in the morning we set out on the road. My twin and I surrounded by the pre-dawn blackness, icy roads beneath us and yesterday’s...
Makenzie A. VanceApr 8, 20191 min readSoftball ShorthandFirst you’re in the dugout, then you’re in the hole, next you’re on-deck, the bat in your hand as you stand in a chalk circle just off...