Shana RitterSep 4, 20172 minpoetry on demandSeptember brings a new beginning, the start of a new year, my own birthday near to the high holidays, days when the gates swing open, and...
Shana RitterAug 8, 20172 minLoss and LightTomorrow is my oldest brother’s birthday. It will be the first he is not here to celebrate with us. He died in May, sinking under the...
Shana RitterMar 8, 20171 minAt the end of the worldUshuaia Argentina Tierra de Fuego “final del mundo” This is what the signs and souvenirs say; the end of the world, but what if it is the...
Shana RitterJul 6, 20161 minChanging SightsThe twilight lasts for hours, the slow fading light from east to west, the stars hazy at first get clearer, sharper in the dark, the...
Shana RitterJun 30, 20162 minStill Thinking about OrlandoDriving up the road to the Smithville farmers market, I wasn’t paying much attention to NPR morning edition until I heard that people in...
Shana RitterMar 31, 20161 minRejection…I am pushing against ennui. Trying not to fall toward entropy. Not succumb to the rejection pile: grants and poems, donation asks and...
Shana RitterFeb 25, 20161 minWhat I learned about being stillIt is not lying around It is not maintaining one position It is not counting breaths although counting breaths helps to get to a certain...
Shana RitterJan 25, 20162 minWalking LabyrinthsThis is my first post of 2016. After almost of a month of no entries I wasn’t sure if I would come back to blogging, or if I would leave...
Shana RitterOct 29, 20151 minThe darkeningThe pond hasn’t iced yet though the morning sparkles with cold it’s not enough for frost. We still haven’t shifted away the last of the...