J.C. Eavenson
Des Plaines, IL
J.C. Eavenson was born in Chicago and raised in the surrounding area. Growing up with two siblings during a time when children running feral was normal, provided fertile soil for her imagination. She started writing poetry and children’s stories in high school. Eight years ago, she helped start a writing group at her local library. In those eight years, she attended several workshops at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. She has written poems, several short stories, and two novels currently in the revision stage.
By day, J.C Eavenson is a Special Needs Teacher at a middle school. She enjoys walks, bike rides, cooking, and spending time with loved ones.
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Shards of Glass
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The strongest of glass is meant to withstand
Great heat and zero degree cold
Go to extreme and glass will explode
Shatter into thousands of pieces
Shards of Glass are strewn all over the floor
On tables and countertops
Beautiful frozen raindrops
Fractures that gleam like diamonds
Sweep, vacuum,
Examine every spot
Make sure not a shard of glass that was shot
Can scratch or cut gentle skin
Days, weeks, months later
Shards of glass can spear
Caution could not make the sparkling dust disappear
And we walk gingerly wherever we go
First Published in Unlimited Literature Magazine (UL-Mag) First print/digital issue on September 24th, 2020.
September 2020