by Cheryl Unruh | Apr 17, 2020 | Poetry
GIN & TONIC The holy man is an equation: reverence plus self-control equals what? purity? heaven? It equals something, surely. As he sits on the barstool to my right, I happen to be on an inhalation – His robe smells like celery. And a bit like my...
by Cheryl Unruh | Apr 16, 2020 | Poetry
A JOURNEY OF NO DISTANCE A vacuum of chatter A detachment of friends A tavern of echoes A grocery store of disappointment A temperature of fate A fever of connection Streets of abandon A round globe of loneliness A pneumonia of worry A panic of...
by Cheryl Unruh | Feb 28, 2019 | Author Interviews, Poetry
Hello, writing and reading friends – I thought it would be fun to interview someone totally unfamiliar to me, so I picked Jim Potter who lives near Hutchinson. To get to know Jim a bit, I read his debut novel, Taking Back the Bullet. Jim Potter had a long career...
by Cheryl Unruh | May 23, 2018 | Poetry
Morning Walk in the Neighborhood From a half-block away I noticed a young woman sitting on a cement stoop in front of a house converted into apartments. Beside her, two suitcases, and a large black trash bag likely full of belongings. She was...
by Cheryl Unruh | Jul 27, 2017 | Poetry
Midnight in the Pasture An albino moon grazes the pasture tonight, foraging its way through little bluestem, through Indian grass, casting clear light upon a small herd of bison sleeping on the range, each beast tucked inside its heavy and matted hide....
by Cheryl Unruh | Jul 23, 2017 | Poetry, The Writing Life
I am honored to have a review of Walking on Water from the fabulous and well-published Tyler Sheldon. His review was published in The Tin Lunchbox Review, a literary journal founded by Shawna Caro. Emporia, Kansas writer Cheryl Unruh is known throughout the Midwest...
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