Rae Fairchild (MRB)
Bio
I love to write; putting pen to paper fills my heart and calms my soul!
Rae Fairchild is my pen name. (Because why not? Pseudonyms are cool!)
I do publish elsewhere under my real name, Mary Rae Butler. (Fairchild, an old family surname.)
Stories (68/0)
Waiting on a Grain
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for March 2024 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (March 2024 – John Paul Caponigro's “Alignment II”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC24Mar.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)3 days ago in Poets
Little Dog
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for February 2024 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (February 2024 – Christine Crockett's “Graphing Uncertainty V””) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC24Feb.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a month ago in Poets
The Art of Man
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for February 2024 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (February 2024 – Christine Crockett's “Graphing Uncertainty V”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC24Feb.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)about a month ago in Poets
The New Sprawling Wasteland
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for November 2023 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (November 2023 – Scott Wiggerman's “Aerial II”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC23Nov.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)4 months ago in Poets
A Reading from the "Good Christian Book": a Cento-style Poem (WARNING - PLEASE read the disclaimer).
This is a WARNING. PLEASE do NOT read any further until you read my disclaimer. This poem contains religious themes as a vehicle for a thought provoking discussion on the twisting of information to fit a particular narrative. The Community Guidelines state that “we welcome stories and conversations that discuss religion in historical and journalistic contexts.” Vocal "cautiously moderate stories that take an overtly religious stance." It does NOT state that these stories are prohibited, only that "similar to our stance on hate speech, there's just no home on Vocal for content that divides us, rather than content that engages us and brings us together." https://vocal.media/resources/community-guidelines?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Story%20Rejected%20%5BTriggered%20Mail%5D%20(Redesign) PLEASE understand. I am NOT promoting one religion over another. I am NOT preaching to you as to what you should or should not believe. I am NOT trying to alienate or divide my readers with this content. I hope that you read this poem not as a sermon, but as an invitation to think about how the same message can be twisted and distorted by people to fit a particular narrative. In the current climate, I want it to be thought provoking that, one can read the same thing and derive two different ideas from it. I want you to think about all that we hear, see, and read in the media each and every day. This information can be altered and slanted as well to fit a certain message that people want told. This is a cento-style poem, which uses passages from other literary works and weaves them into a new piece. In this case, I chose the Bible as my literary work. Bit and pieces are “cherry-picked” from the same literary work and woven into two very different messages that were originally placed into two side-by-side columns. I chose this to highlight the juxtaposition of the contrasting themes. That formatting did not translate into the Vocal system. I chose the Bible because, when I looked at the visual art piece that this poem was written about, I felt it had religious undertones. This poem is a reaction. It was a competition and I decided to publish my poem here, as it was not selected as a winner. I have published other poems from similar competitions that had religious aspects to them without issue. I have included links to the poetry publication to which I submitted this poem for further information and as "proof" that I did not write this poem to be "preachy" or to further a particular religious cause. And I ask you PLEASE, if you do comment, do NOT comment on the “religious content” of the poem, but rather on the literary juxtaposition of two contrasting themes, pulled from the same material and formatted to fit a certain narrative. I hope that this disclaimer is enough to satisfy the moderators. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for October 2023 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (October 2023 – Arthur Lawrence's “Shadowland”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC23Oct.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)5 months ago in Poets
Apostasy: Fatima's Third Prophecy
This poem was written in response to the Rattle® Poetry Ekphrastic Challenge for October 2023 and was ultimately not selected. You can find more information here. https://www.rattle.com/ekphrastic/ The image that this poem was specifically written about can be found here. (October 2023 – Arthur Lawrence's “Shadowland”) https://i0.wp.com/www.rattle.com/ekphrasis/EC23Oct.jpg?ssl=1
By Rae Fairchild (MRB)5 months ago in Poets
