Shooting Rabbits at Dinnertime
This is my response to Rabbits and Fire, by Alberto Rios. Unfortunately, it's a true story.
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Carol Everett Adams
- Jan 21
- 1 min
You are the mom you are the mom you are the
This poem came to me after a psychic reading I did for a friend.
Carol Everett Adams
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
It Was the First Concert for Some of the Victims
I wrote this poem after the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017.
Carol Everett Adams
- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
So She Covers Her Lovely Face
This erasure poem was published in Euphony. The found text is from Billy Sunday: The Man and His Message, by William T. Ellis in 1914.
Carol Everett Adams
- Jul 1, 2022
- 1 min
Growing Up in Dad's House of Can't
This poem was published in The Midwest Quarterly. It was inspired by the book Dating Jesus by Susan Campbell.
Carol Everett Adams
- Jun 18, 2022
- 1 min
Walt Disney World on my iPhone
I love paper theme park maps! I still use them rather than the ones in the Disney app.
Carol Everett Adams
- Jun 12, 2022
- 1 min
Viet Cong in the Rec Room
My Dad served in the Army and was in Vietnam. I have a handful of war poems, not all of them published. This one only appears here.
Carol Everett Adams
- Jun 3, 2022
- 1 min
Candace's Canopy Bed
This poem was published in the print journal Pudding Magazine.
Carol Everett Adams
- May 12, 2022
- 1 min
Preschool Astronomy Book
This poem was published in the print journal Zone 3. I was inspired by a book I read to my son every night.
Carol Everett Adams
- May 3, 2022
- 1 min
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
This poem references standing in long Disney World lines, which I did for many, many hours as a child. It appears in Sweet Tree Review.
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