Carie Juettner

You’ve just arrived two hours late to your best friend’s Halloween party. They demand an explanation. What’s your excuse? Use the charts to determine your answers, then fill in the blanks b...

https://cariejuettner.com/2024/10/26/why-i-was-late-to-your-halloween-party-a-hauntingly-hilarious-october-activity/

Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 on a pay-by-the-dime typewriter in the basement of a library in 1950. Maybe there was a painting on the wall in front of him. Maybe he had a dictionary or an enc...

https://cariejuettner.com/2024/10/16/thoughts-on-an-october-morning/

This week marks the one year anniversary of my first volunteer shift with the North Texas Wildlife Center. One year ago, I could not recognize the cries of a baby squirrel or identify opossum poo...

https://cariejuettner.com/2024/09/13/diary-of-a-wildlife-rehabber/

I wish I hadn’t been inspired to write this poem. I wish it hadn’t been relevant enough to take home first place in the Shirley Elliot Cosby Memorial Award at the Poetry Society of Texas ann...

https://cariejuettner.com/2024/08/11/did-i-miss-anything/

I wrote this poem several years ago when I was still teaching 7th grade English. I had a lot of fun finding ways to incorporate the poetic devices* I taught to my students into a description of a...

https://cariejuettner.com/2024/07/17/reading-poetry-in-a-thunderstorm/

I took this picture of the sky this morning… … and realized it was a good day to share a poem with you. I wrote “Blues” several years ago, but it just recently found a home. The short poe...

https://cariejuettner.com/2024/07/10/blues/

I’m standing on the Congress Avenue bridge in downtown Austin, leaning against the metal railing still warm from the just-set sun. Cars, bicycle cabs, and scooters whiz by behind me, but my eye...

https://cariejuettner.com/2024/06/29/patience-perseverance-and-a-little-luck/

My mind feels a little bit flooded right now, which I guess makes sense. Everything here in North Texas is waterlogged at the moment. We’ve gotten some crazy weather this week, including some s...

https://cariejuettner.com/2024/05/31/when-it-rains/

I made a book title found poem in honor of tomorrow’s total solar eclipse. ☀️🌒😎 Enjoy and be safe. ❤️

https://cariejuettner.com/2024/04/07/eclipse-poem/

Spring has sprung here in North Texas. The trees are budding, the irises are blooming, and the animals are feeling frisky! In my last post, I shared what I’ve learned from volunteering with a w...

https://cariejuettner.com/2024/04/02/frisky-business/