One grain at a time.

Mary Dezember

One grain at a time.

By Mary Dezember
Author of stories and poetry as portals to possibilities.

“My Little Pretty.”

Though the Wicked Witch’s words could haunt me,

I choose
to see the falling grains of sand in slow motion

with each grain a happy accomplishment
I have made or will make

and a word of gratitude and kindness
I think or speak.

I shape my moments
so, thus, my life,

one grain at at time.

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About the Blog Author

Mary Dezember author photo — Author photo by Jason Collin Photography

Mary Dezember, Ph.D., writes stories, poetry, essays, and blog posts as portals to possibilities.

She likes to make life magical, even if that means simply cuddling a cat, donning a tiara, channeling the muse, or reading a good book.

She lives in the Land of Enchantment.

A lover of the beauty and power of language, she states: “We spell words and, arranged well, words can put a spell on us.”

Her novel and her two books of poetry explore the rite of passage to identity, including the hero’s emotional and intellectual quest.

Her novel, Wild Conviction, (Brilliant Moon Press), is a richly historical, coming-of-age, socially conscious, epic adventure with touches of magic and love. It examines the historical basis for contemporary social issues and the rite of passage to identity, including the hero’s emotional and intellectual quest.

Her publications also include several non-fiction essays and articles, fiction, and two books of poetry: Earth-Marked Like You (Sunstone Press) and Still Howling (CreateSpace Independent Publishing), with the title poem being First Place winner of the Best Beat Poem Contest, 2016, sponsored by Beatlick Press.

She earned her PhD in Comparative Literature with an emphasis in Comparative Arts from Indiana University. Professor Emeritus of English at New Mexico Tech, she is a scholar of the arts, literature, writing and an advocate of creativity.

The image below is her logo—the logo for Mary Dezember and for Dezember LLC. As well, it is the seal of the fictional mystical Sisterhood of Gifts in her novel Wild Conviction.