Allyson

The Best of It: Weekend in Austin Edition

1. Getting to spend time with my Austin Pilates people. 2. I was there in time to see bluebonnets! 3. I was also there in time for the buffalo ranch chicken strip sandwich and the Dr. Pepper shake at Whataburger. 4. Taking some time to walk in Mount Bonnell and Pease Park. 5. Easy travelsContinue reading “The Best of It: Weekend in Austin Edition”

Short Time Gone

Part 1 Some months ago, an acquaintance messaged me on Facebook asking if I’d ever published a blog or social media post about why I’d decided to leave Texas. She was considering leaving the state, and wanted to know what had compelled me to move away from a place I clearly loved so much, aContinue reading “Short Time Gone”

The Best of It: Wait, It’s Not Friday? Edition

Support the Missouri Haiku Project

I’m excited to help spread the word about the Missouri Haiku Project, an initiative by Maryfrances Wagner, the poet laureate of Missouri. Maryfrances is accepting haiku from poets across the state to share on social media and in public venues. Many poets and teachers are offering workshops as well. The project runs until May ofContinue reading “Support the Missouri Haiku Project”

The Best of It: Six More Weeks of Winter Edition

Making Room for New Words

While the details are still in progress, I’m excited to announce that I plan to release two new chapbooks in 2023! One will be a self-published collection of free verse, and the other will be my first haiku collection published by Cuttlefish Books, a small press out of my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Both chapbooksContinue reading “Making Room for New Words”

The Best of It: Mostly About the Food Edition

New Year, New Home

In the season finale of the Culinary Saijiki podcast, I talked with Mark Scott of Naturalist Weekly, which was one of my favorite blogs of 2022. In the conversation, I had the idea of spending 2023 investigating the micro-seasons around me. I decided that since I wanted to find a way to write more consistentlyContinue reading “New Year, New Home”

The Best of It: Christmas Eve Edition

Some Terribly Sentimental Thing

This was one of the last poems I wrote before COVID. I composed it on December 24th, 2019. It previously appeared in the 2020 Poetry at Round Top Anthology. I chose to post it tonight because I’m missing three poetry friends who have died in the past few years, as well as my grandfathers, whoContinue reading “Some Terribly Sentimental Thing”