Author Archives: CorinnaSchulenburg

Thank you to everyone who read and shared my poem for Sandy Hook. The amount of hits for that post far exceed any amount of traffic that I have ever received here before. Written quickly and from a place of stunned grief, I take that as a reminder that poetry is central to our humanContinue reading “A Better Word Than Utopia”

I wrote this poem for the families of Sandy Hook, and for myself, because I needed to do something beyond signing petitions. A Poem for Sandy Hook After the upturned desks, the hiding in closets, the running and The no time to run; after the lines of red-eyes and open mouths, The microphones pressed inContinue reading “A Poem for Sandy Hook”

DRUNCLE (To the audience) Well, that was enough for me. If that world planned on ending I might as well step into the next. I didn’t know how much of my niece was left even if I had the courage to bring her home. I knew if I left my sister’s girl behind, she’d haveContinue reading “Journal, 10/26”

This morning I wrote 8 new pages of the TV pilot for Upgrade, and I’m pleased to see how the relationship between Ellen, the guidance counselor/ring leader, and Sam, her favorite student and key ally, is developing. I fear to say too much more, knowing that on the happy chance this series sees the lightContinue reading “Journal, 8/14”