Laurie Koensgen

Laurie Koensgen

Creed

Creed https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DSC_0914-2.jpg 1920 1080 Laurie Koensgen Laurie Koensgen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/91f9f2de98a8d46a0bfb64a53e59e7fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g 12/07/2018 12/07/2018

We hold the slender threads we find, spin and triple-twine them –– mitten strings from the abandoned nurseries, tails of ditched kites, cement-stayed vines. We take comfort. We make comforters…

Laurie Koensgen

Abandoned Lot

Abandoned Lot https://barrenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DSC_7893-bw-1.jpg 2500 1406 Laurie Koensgen Laurie Koensgen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/91f9f2de98a8d46a0bfb64a53e59e7fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10/20/2018 01/16/2019

We overlook the garden, let the leaves slip into slickness and harden into ochre moats. The dahlias hold their shape a few stoic days–– like pursed lips glossed, like winter-waxed…