Look Up
This is my purposefully-vague summary of a couple of evenings I spent in Sedona years ago watching for UFOs.
Carol Everett Adams
- Aug 21
- 1 min
USA After Newtown, Connecticut
"A poem cannot stop a bullet. A novel can't defuse a bomb. But we are not helpless. We can sing the truth and name the liars." S. Rushdie
Carol Everett Adams
- Aug 5
- 1 min
Scarlet Lady, I Call You To Me
Last fall, I got to sail on a Virgin Voyages ship called Scarlet Lady, and I've been obsessed with her ever since.
Carol Everett Adams
- Jul 2
- 1 min
Elvis Presley, Slot Machine
I saw the Elvis movie last weekend (and loved it), so it seemed a good occasion to dust off this older poem and revise it a bit.
Carol Everett Adams
- May 30
- 1 min
On the New Skyway at the Kansas City Zoo
The Kansas City Zoo's "Sky Safari" opened in 2011. I love that one of the rider guidelines is "Flip flops must be carried".
Carol Everett Adams
- May 26
- 2 min
What to Say to Politicians After Uvalde
I was inspired by a Jimmy Kimmel monologue. Share this with any "leader" you think needs to read it.
Carol Everett Adams
- May 15
- 1 min
Pendulum Loves Splash Mountain
This poem was published online by The Nonconformist Magazine. I'm very fond of my Pendulum poems and continue to build this series.
Carol Everett Adams
- May 9
- 1 min
Tornado Goes to QuikTrip
This poem was published in The Avalon Literary Review. It's about a small group of people who survived a tornado in a freezer.
Carol Everett Adams
- May 6
- 1 min
I Shoppe at Disneyland with Walt's Daughters
This poem about Walt Disney was published in Crack The Spine.
Carol Everett Adams
- May 3
- 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.