| Carpe Diem! Welcome to A Room of My Own... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My Life...in a nutshell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hello, here I am still residing on the beautiful central California coast while teaching at a local high school for my third year. I teach two classes of creative writing to a talented group of juniors and seniors in addition to three regular English classes. In my "other life" I am a writer, poet and observer of life. My goal in 1999 is to enjoy the magic that each day has to offer...And to keep writing what I see and know! Below you will find two of my recent poetic offerings from observations of special sites around Santa Cruz County. Enjoy! --Christi Crutchfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferno (Fall Creek, Santa Cruz, CA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There is a memory of heat... The shouts of men-- faces blackened and scorched. We sit on the mossy vault of bricks; coarse limestone crumbling through our fingers staining our hands ivory. Above the trees shudder anointing us with a wet cloak of leaves... this dampening of memory; this smoldering of heat. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bird-Stillness (Mt. Madonna, Watsonville, CA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the bird-stillness | I hear echoes of the cattle king's scattered offspring. Inside this arena of redwoods, spirits chase across circular foundations; crawl down split concrete stairs. Inside this recollection of walls the scent of untamed thyme rises and falls; rises and falls over abandoned gardens in the bird-stillness.
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